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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale 1

As you are pregnant or have recently had a baby, we would like to know how you are feeling. Please check
the answer that comes closest to how you have felt IN THE PAST 7 DAYS, not just how you feel today.

Here is an example, already completed. Please complete the other questions in the same way.

I have felt happy:
1 Source: Cox, J.L., Holden, J.M., and Sagovsky, R. 1987. Detection of postnatal depression: Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. British Journal of Psychiatry 150:782-786.
 
Users may reproduce the scale without further permission providing they respect copyright by quoting the names of the authors, the title and the source of the paper in all reproduced copies.

In the past 7 days:
1. have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things *
2. I have looked forward with enjoyment to things *
3. I have blamed myself unnecessarily when things went wrong *
4. I have been anxious or worried for no good reason *
5. I have felt scared or panicky for no very good reason *
6. Things have been getting on top of me *
7. I have been so unhappy that I have had difficulty sleeping *
8. I have felt sad or miserable *
9. I have been so unhappy that I have been crying *
10. The thought of harming myself has occurred to me *