title: The Stafford Interview : A comprehensive interview for mother-infant psychiatry.
abstract: This article describes an interview exploring the social, psychological and psychiatric events in a single pregnancy and puerperium. It has been in development since 1992 and is now in its 6th edition. It takes approximately 2 h to administer and has 130 compulsory probes and 185 ratings. It is suitable for clinical practice, teaching and research.
authors: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. i.f.brockington@bham.ac.uk.
authors: Ian
authors: I
authors: Brockington
authors: National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, Bangalore, India.
authors: Prabha
authors: P
authors: Chandra
authors: Università di Torino, Turin, Italy.
authors: Alessandra
authors: A
authors: Bramante
authors: Formerly Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors: Hettie
authors: H
authors: Dubow
authors: Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors: Walaa
authors: W
authors: Fakher
authors: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: LLuïsa
authors: L
authors: Garcia-Esteve
authors: St George's Hospital, Stafford, UK.
authors: Kristina
authors: K
authors: Hofberg
authors: Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors: Suaad
authors: S
authors: Moussa
authors: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Bruma
authors: B
authors: Palacios-Hernández
authors: University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
authors: Ylva
authors: Y
authors: Parfitt
authors: Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors: Pey-Ling
authors: PL
authors: Shieh
mesh_terms: D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Pregnancy; parturition; the mother-infant relationship; the puerperium