@article{ref1,
title="Identifying risk for onset of major depressive episodes in low-income Latinas during pregnancy and postpartum",
journal="Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences",
year="2004",
author="Le, Huynh-Nhu and Muñoz, Ricardo F. and Soto, Jose A. and Delucchi, Kevin L. and Ippen, Chandra Ghosh",
volume="26",
number="4",
pages="463-482",
abstract="This study aimed to identify subgroups of pregnant women at imminent (1 year) risk for major depressive episodes. Participants were 84 low-income, predominantly Mexican women using public sector obstetrics services who participated in monthly interviews during pregnancy and up to 6 months postpartum. Participants were designated a priori as &quot;more vulnerable&quot; or &quot;less vulnerable&quot; to future perinatal depression based on evidence of mood regulation problems defined as (a) a self-reported history of major depressive episodes, (MDE) and/or (b) high current depressive symptom scores on a continuous depression scale. Two definitions of a major depressive episode based on meeting 2 or 3 DSM-IV MDE criteria, were used to measure the incidence of a new major depressive episode. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that more vulnerable groups (i.e., with the greatest mood regulation problems) had a higher incidence of major depressive episodes than less vulnerable groups. Implications for screening and developing preventive interventions for postpartum depression are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0739-9863",
doi="10.1177/0739986304269165",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739986304269165"
}