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Evaluating Maternal Mental Health
Spring 2000
Question Response Score
During the past 7 days:
1. I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things. 0 - As much as I always could.
1 - Not quite so much now.
2 - Definitely not so much.
3 - Not at all.

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2. I have looked forward with enjoyment to things.

0 - As much as I ever did.
1 - A little less than I used to.
2 - Definitely less than I used to.
3 - Hardly at all.
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3. I have blamed myself unfairly when things went wrong.

0 - Yes, most of the time.
1 - Yes, some of the time.
2 - Not very often.
3 - No, never.
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4. I have been anxious or worried for no real reason.

 
0 - No, not at all.
1 - Hardly ever
2 - Yes, sometimes.
3 - Yes, very often.
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5. I have felt scared or panicky for no real reason.

 

0 - Yes, quite a lot.
1 - Yes, sometimes.
2 - No, not much.
3 - No, not at all.
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6. Things have been too much for me.

0 - Yes, most of the time I haven’t been able to cope at all.
1 - Yes, sometimes I haven’t been coping as well as usual.
2 - No, most of the time I have coped quite well.
3 - No, I have been coping as well as ever.
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7. I have been so unhappy that I have had trouble sleeping.

0 - Yes, most of the time.
1 - Yes, sometimes.
2 - Not very often
3 - No, not at all.
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8. I have felt sad or miserable.

 

0 - Yes, most of the time.
1 - Yes, sometimes.
2 - Not very often
3 - No, not at all.
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9. I have felt so unhappy that I have cried.

0 - Yes, most of the time.
1 - Yes, quite often.
2 - Only once in awhile
3 - No, never.
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10. I have thought of hurting myself.

0 - Yes, quite often.
1 - Sometimes.
2 - Hardly ever.
3 - Never
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Total


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 For information on interpreting results

This "Maternal Mental Health Survey" was adapted, with very few changes, from the "Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale," which originally appeared in "Detection of postnatal depression: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale," by JL Cox et al.; British Journal of Psychiatry 1987, vol. 150, pp. 782-786.

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