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  • Edinburgh Prenatal/Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

  • Thank you for taking the time to complete the Edinburgh Prenatal/Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) screening tool. Taking care of your mental health is top priority! Your willingness to submit a completed screening tool indicates your consent to participate; a Wood County Health Department nurse will review your responses. Any information provided will remain confidential. A positive screen will include a phone call follow-up from a Wood County Public Health Nurse.

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

    Here is an example, already completed.

    I have felt happy:

    • Yes, all the time
    • Yes, most of the time
    • No, not very often
    • No, not at all 

    This would mean: "I have felt happy most of the time" during the past week. Please complete the other questions in the same way. 

  • In the past 7 days: 

  •  Source:

    Medical College of Wisconsin. (2019). EPDS Evaluation and Treatement Algorithm. Retreived from: https://the-periscope-project.org/-/media/MCW/Periscope-Project/Resources/Edinburgh-Postnatal-Depression-Scale-EPDS.pdf

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