Open AccessMaternal depression in an urban pediatric practice: implications for health care delivery.
Author(s) -
Suezanne T. Orr,
Sherman A. James
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.4.363
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medicine , primary care , intervention (counseling) , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , psychiatry , scale (ratio) , family medicine , depressive symptoms , anxiety , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
A scale to measure depressive symptomatology was administered to mothers attending an urban pediatric primary care center. Over 50 per cent of the female heads of households were Black or low income and depressed. This suggests that the provider of pediatric primary care should recognize depression and make appropriate referrals or intervention, since depressed mothers may have a diminished ability to respond to the emotional needs of their children.