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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

Reproduction of the EPDS in its entirety is restricted to print version only. To access the print version (English and French), please access the hard copy of the Best Practice Guideline “Interventions for Postpartum Depression”.

The following is an excerpt of the EPDS for sample purposes.

How are you feeling?

As you have recently had a baby, we would like to know how you are feeling now. Please underline the answer which comes 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, most of the time
• Yes, some of the time
• No, not very often
• No, not at all

This would mean: “I have felt happy some of the time during the past week”.

Please complete the other questions in the same way.

In the past 7 days I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things:

• As much as I always could
• Not quite so much now
• Definitely not so much now
• Not at all

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