Al. Sutter et al., POSTPARTUM BLUES AND MILD DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY AT DAY-3 AND DAY-5 AFTER DELIVERY - A FRENCH CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY, Journal of affective disorders, 44(1), 1997, pp. 1-4
This cross-sectional work studies the prevalence of post-partum blues
on days 3 and 5 after delivery and the links between post-partum blues
and depressive symptomatology, using standardised interviews and rati
ng scales (Kennerley and Gath Blues Scale, MADRS) to screen a consecut
ive series of 104 women on days three and five after a normal delivery
. This study stresses the possibility of a difference between the symp
tomatology of a benign ''classical'' post-partum blues, and that of a
more intense blues closer to the spectrum of depressive mood disorders
and perhaps post-natal depression. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.