Typical somatic symptoms of pregnancy and their impact on a diagnosis of major depressive disorder

• Published in: General hospital psychiatry Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 327 - 333
• Main Authors: Yonkers, Kimberly Ann, Smith, Megan V., Gotman, Nathan, Belanger, Kathleen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Algorithms; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; Connecticut; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder, Major - drug therapy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Interview, Psychological - standards; Logistic Models; Mass Screening - methods; Mass Screening - standards; Massachusetts; Medical sciences; Mood disorders; Mood disorders/unipolar; Obstetrics and gynecology; Predictive Value of Tests; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis; Pregnancy Complications - drug therapy; Pregnancy Trimesters - physiology; Pregnancy Trimesters - psychology; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; ROC Curve; Women; United States; North America; America; Massachusetts; Connecticut; Pregnancy; Women; Mood disorders/unipolar; Obstetrics and gynecology; Social environment; Human; Mood disorder; Mental health; Depression; Maternal diseases; Obstetrics; Symptomatology; Follow up study; Diagnosis; Woman; Public health

We sought to determine whether trimester of pregnancy influences the ability to diagnose major depressive disorder (MDD). Eight hundred thirty-eight subjects completed a Composite International Diagnostic Interview and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) before 17 weeks of pregnancy, at...