TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRemature recommendation of corticotropin-releasing hormone as screen for postpartum depression
AU  - Rich-Edwards J, Hacker M, Gillman M
Y1  - 2009/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.101
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 915
EP  - 917
VL  - 66
IS  - 8
N2  - 
Yim and colleagues1 recently reported a positive association between maternal plasma levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) at midpregnancy with risk of maternal depression at roughly 9 weeks postpartum. Their longitudinal cohort of 100 women yielded 16 cases of postpartum depression (PPD) at 9 weeks postpartum, as measured by the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale with a threshold of 10 or greater to indicate probable minor depression. Yim and colleagues conclude that “midpregnancy pCRH [placental CRH] is a sensitive and specific early diagnostic test for PPD symptoms.’’1(p162)

SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.101
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.101
ER  -