Postdelivery Screening for Postpartum Depression
Dominic T. S. Lee, MD,
Alexander S. K. Yip, MD,
Sandra S. M. Chan, MRCPsych,
Michelle H. Y. Tsui, MBBS,
W. S. Wong, PhD and
Tony K. H. Chung, MD
From the Department of Psychiatry (D.T.S.L., S.S.M.C., W.S.W.) and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (A.S.K.Y., M.H.Y.T., W.S.W., T.K.H.C.), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong; and Department of Social Medicine (D.T.S.L.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Fig. 1. ROC curves for the EPDS, GHQ, and BDI. The EPDS and GHQ curves are for postnatal depression screening conducted immediately after delivery; the BDI curves are for screenings immediately after delivery and at 6 weeks postpartum. The 6 weeks postpartum ROC curve for BDI was derived from the same study population (23).
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