Perinatal depression screening

The spectrum of depressive and anxiety symptoms occurring during pregnancy and for mothers and other caregivers within the first year after childbirth.

The following are commonly used perinatal screening tools:

• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
• Patient Health Questionnaire (2-item) (PHQ-2)
• Patient Health Questionnaire (9-item) (PHQ-9)
• The Survey of Well-being of Young Children (SWYC) includes the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the 2, 4, and 6 month visits and the PHQ-2 in the other visit forms.