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 · 发表于：The British Journal of Psychiatry · 年份：1984 · DOI：10.1192/bjp.144.4.395 · 被引用次数：395 · 研究领域：Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum、Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development、Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

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 of patients classified as anxious to start with remained so four weeks later, but 62 per cent of those with high depression scores and 74 per cent of those with high depression and high anxiety scores maintained significant levels of depression. The implications of these findings for routine screening are discussed.