Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0016

Prepared by:

RTI-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Investigators

Bradley N. Gaynes, MD, MPH

Norma Gavin, PhD

Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH

Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD

Tammeka Swinson, BA

Gerald Gartlehner, MD, MPH

Seth Brody, MD, MPH

William C. Miller, MD, PhD

AHRQ Publication No. 05-E006-2

February 2005

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Suggested Citation:

Gaynes BN, Gavin N, Meltzer-Brody S, Lohr KN, Swinson T, Gartlehner G, Brody S, Miller WC. Perinatal Depression: Prevalence, Screening Accuracy, and Screening Outcomes. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 119. (Prepared by the RTI-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0016.) AHRQ Publication No. 05-E006-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2005.