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The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), a 10-item self-rating scale designed to screen for postnatal depression, was developed for use with Bengali women. It was adapted using the back-translation method. The Bengali version of the EPDS was then validated against the Ge…

Background: Postnatal depression (PND) is a global problem and an important public health issue. It is estimated that approximately 15% of women experience depression during the first postnatal year but there are problems in recognition because its clinical assessment can be com…

Purpose: Postnatal depression (PND) has significant negative outcomes for both mother and baby. The literature indicates that cognitive behavioural interventions can be effective and efficacious treatments, less is known about what mechanisms underpin change in such intervention…

Following decades of research on stress and its impact on behaviour, it is now widely accepted that selective psycho-pathologies, in particular clinical depression are more prevalent in humans with prior history of life-stress events. Interest in stress has led to questions abou…