Predicting postnatal mental disorder with a screening questionnaire: a prospective cohort study from Zimbabwe

摘要

Conclusions-A brief method of detecting women at high risk of developing a postnatal mental disorder can be used with reasonable accuracy in the 8 th month of pregnancy. Further research is needed to determine whether interventions ap- plied to this high risk group can reduce their postnatal morbidity. Background-Postnatal mental disorders Are common causes of morbidity but are Rarely diagnosed or treated in busy pri- Mary care clinics in developing countries. Objective-To determine whether a brief Psychiatric screening questionnaire used In the 8th month of pregnancy can predict Postnatal mental disorder.