Are symptom features of depression during pregnancy, the postpartum period and outside the peripartum period distinct? Results from a nationally representative sample using item response theory (IRT) - Hoertel N, López S, Peyre H, Wall MM, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Limosin F, Blanco C.

BACKGROUND: Whether there are systematic differences in depression symptom expression during pregnancy, the postpartum period and outside these periods (i.e., outside the peripartum period) remains debated. The aim of this study was to use methods based on...
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