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The British Journal of Psychiatry (2004) 184: s3-S9
© 2004 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Aims, measures, study sites and participant samples of the Transcultural Study of Postnatal Depression

Paul Asten, MHSc and Maureen N. Marks, DPhil

Section of Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London

Margaret R. Oates, MB, FRCPsych

Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, UK

TCS–PND Group*

Correspondence: Dr Maureen Marks, PO 71, Sections of Perinatal Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry,De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF,UK. E-mail: m.marks{at}iop.kcl.ac.uk

Declaration of interest None.

* TCS–PND Group membership and funding detailed in Acknowledgements, p. iv, this supplement.

Background Although postnatal depression is a common condition, with adverse effects on the child, mother and partner, there has been no research to date linking analyses of its origins and consequences with studies of service provision in different national health and social systems.

Aims The Transcultural Study of Postnatal Depression (TCS-PND) was set up to develop a set of instruments to facilitate such research.

Method Seven research instruments were piloted in studies carried out in ten centres in eight countries. A qualitative study looked at the cross-cultural equivalence of the concept of postnatal depression.

Results The results are reported in the individual papers in this supplement.

Conclusions Reliable and culturally valid measures are now available for future comparative research into postnatal depression within different health systems and countries.




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