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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Name:


Baby's Age:

As you have recently had a baby, we would like to know how you are feeling. Please check the answer which comes closest to how you have felt IN THE PAST 7 DAYS, not just how you feel today.

Here is an example, already completed.



This would mean: "I have felt happy most of the time" during the past week. Please complete the other questions in the same way.

In the past 7 days:



 

I have felt happy:
1. I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things
*6. Things have been getting on top of me
2. I have looked forward with enjoyment to things
*7. I have been so unhappy that I have had difficulty sleeping
*3. I have blamed myself unnecessarily when things went wrong
*8. I have felt sad or miserable
4. I have been anxious or worried for no good reason
*9. I have been so unhappy that I have been crying
*5. I have felt scared or panicky for no very good reason
*10. The thought of harming myself has occurred to me

EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE (EPDS)

J.L. Cox, J.M. Holden, R. Sagovsky

From: British Journal of Psychiatry (1987), 150, 782-786

Thanks for submitting!

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