Screening Tool : Postpartum Depression (10-item EPDS) : eMentalHealth.ca

This questionnaire is only for women who have recently had a baby (within the past year), or for women who are pregnant.

It is designed to rapidly see if a new mother (within the past year), or an expecting mother, is having problems with depression.

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:

I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things

I have looked forward with enjoyment to things

	As much as I ever did
	Rather less than I used to
	Definitely less than I used to
	Hardly at all

I have blamed myself unnecessarily when things went wrong

I have been anxious or worried for no good reason

I have felt scared or panicky for no very good reason

Things have been getting on top of me

	Yes, most of the time I haven't been able to cope
	Yes, sometimes I haven't been coping well
	No, most of the time I have coped quite well
	No, I have been coping well

I have been so unhappy that I have had difficulty sleeping

I have felt sad or miserable

I have been so unhappy that I have been crying

10.

The thought of harming myself has occurred to me

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Screening Tool: Postpartum Depression (10-item EPDS)