ABSTRACT
This chapter describes additional scales that you might want to include in your assessment. The Postpartum Depression Screening Scale is another scale specific to postnatal women and a more comprehensive measure than the EPDS. Other conditions you might want to assess include birth trauma, with the City Birth Trauma Scale, PTSD with the Patient Checklist for PTSD-DSM-5, and maternal sleep with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. If you are considering pharmacotherapy, including the Mood Disorder Questionnaire is prudent to rule out possible bipolar disorder.
