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Depressive symptomatology during pregnancy and the postpartum period: Is the beck depression inventory applicable?

Lynne C. Huffman MD Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Basic Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland
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Martine Lamour MD Departement de Psychopathologie de Vnfant et de la Famille, Université Paris-Nord, Paris, France
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Yvonne E. Bryan PhD Laboratory of comparative Ethology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
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Frank A. Pederson PhD Laboratory of comparative Ethology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Departmen1 of Individual and Family Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Pages 87-97 | Published online: 11 Dec 2007

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Alexandra Johann & Ulrike Ehlert. (2022) Similarities and differences between postpartum depression and depression at other stages of female life: a systematic review. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 43:3, pages 340-348.
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