Investigators at University of Minho Target Depression

2011 JUL 18 -- New investigation results, "Anxiety and depression in women and men from early pregnancy to 3-months postpartum," are detailed in a study published in Archives of Women's Mental Health. "To investigate high-anxiety and depression in women and men from early pregnancy to 3-months postpartum, 260 Portuguese couples (N'='520) filled in the State-Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S) and the Edinburgh Post-Natal Depression Scale (EPDS) at the first, second, and third pregnancy trimesters, childbirth, and 3-months postpartum. Rates for high-anxiety (STAI-S'='45) in women (13.1%; 12.2%; 18.2%; 18.6%; 4.7%) and men (10.1%; 8.0%, 7.8%; 8.5%; 4.4%) and for depression...

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