1) one-step processes like the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
2)two-step processes like the Patient Health Questionnaire supplemented with another more comprehensive screening depending on the result.

Screening Strategies for Peripartum Depression

It is these risks and the stigma surrounding seeking help that makes screening all the more necessary.

Can have lasting impacts on both the parent and the child.
Can create bonding issues between the parent and the child and can lead to sleeping as well as feeding problems for the child.
Long-term, children of a mother with peripartum depression are at a higher risk of cognitive and emotional deficits,

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