EPDS - Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
Clinical indication
Pregnant women (ideal screening each trimester, especially third) and postpartum (6 weeks and 12 months postpartum). Also fathers if suspected (limited but available validation).
Instructions
As you are pregnant or have recently had a baby, we would like to know how you are feeling. Please check the answer that comes closest to how you have felt IN THE PAST 7 DAYS, not just how you feel today.