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Family Practice Vol. 19, No. 5, 469-470
© Oxford University Press 2002

Postnatal depression: a few simple questions

Meir Steiner

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology, McMaster University and Women’s Health Concerns Clinic, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Fontbonne 639, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 4A6; E-mail: mst{at}mcmaster.ca

Abstract. The rate of past and family psychiatric history was ascertained in 254 women diagnosed with postnatal depression. Probands and first-degree relatives were interviewed to establish lifetime and current major psychiatric diagnoses. 78.3% of the women studied had a past and/or family psychiatric history. These data confirm the importance of these variables when screening women who may be at risk for postnatal depression.

Keywords. Family psychiatric history, postnatal depression, psychiatric history.


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