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ERIC Number: EJ404877
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Publication Date: 1989
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Prevalence Rates and Demographic Characteristics Associated with Depression in Pregnancy and the Postpartum.
Gotlib, Ian H.; And Others
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v57 n2 p269-74 Apr 1989
Examined prevalence of depression in 360 women during pregnancy and after delivery. At both assessments, approximately 25 percent reported elevated levels of depressive symptomatology. Ten percent met diagnostic criteria for depression during pregnancy; 6.8 percent were depressed postpartum. One-half of postpartum depression cases were new onset. Depression during pregnancy was related to different sociodemographic variables than was postpartum depression. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Depression (Psychology), Females, Foreign Countries, Homemakers, Mothers, Pregnancy, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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