Symptoms of Emotional Distress in a Family Planning Service: Stability over a Four-Week Period

作者: Andrew Winokur , Denise F. Winokur , Karl Rickels , Deborah S. Cox

DOI: 10.1192/BJP.144.4.395

关键词: Mental healthFamily planningPopulationPsychiatryEpidemiologyMarital statusEmotionalityAnxietyMedicineDepression (differential diagnoses)

摘要: The 25-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist ( HSCL -25) was used on two occasions four weeks apart to identify self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients attending a family planning service. Only 28 per cent classified as anxious start with remained so later, but 62 those high scores 74 maintained significant levels depression. implications these findings for routine screening are discussed.

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