Depression Screening Tools
Routine depression screening should be conducted during pregnancy and the early postpartum period, and results charted.
Examples of validated depression screening tools include:
- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
- Hamilton Depression Scale
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
- General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)
- Generalized Contentment Scale
- Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2 and PHQ-9) Tools
- Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS)
- The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)