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. 2005 Apr;85(3):323-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.11.004.

Pre- and postnatal depression and coping: a comparative approach

Claude de Tychey  1 , Elisabeth Spitz, Serge Briançon, Joëlle Lighezzolo, Françoise Girvan, Aurore Rosati, Audrey Thockler, Stephanie Vincent
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Pre- and postnatal depression and coping: a comparative approach

Claude de Tychey et al. J Affect Disord. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

Background: The assessment of perinatal depressions and coping style.

Methods: With depression scales (EPDS, GHQ.12) and Carver's BriefCope, the authors compared the prevalence rates of pre and postnatal depression in a cohort of 277 French women.

Results: Their work revealed very high levels of prenatal depression (almost 20%) and less important but nonetheless sizeable rates (11%) of postnatal depression, making such perinatal depressions a major public health concern. The coping styles proposed in Carver's public health BriefCope questionnaire make it possible to significantly differentiate during these two periods between depressive women and their non-depressed counterparts.

Conclusions: This enables us to underline factors of risk and protection suggesting the importance of setting up compensatory and preventive systems and evaluating their pertinence in the framework of future research.

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