- The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) has collated copies that have been translated into languages other than English and validated for use in screening to assist health workers to detect perinatal depression in both pregnancy and during the postpartum period (Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, 2006).
- The resource contains 18 translated EPDS versions with information summarising 43 studies that have been validated with a variety of populations and at varying times, both antenatal and postpartum, to identify perinatal depression and other conditions such as anxiety.
- For each language, there are ‘Notes’ and summaries of the validation research studies to guide the use of the translated EPDS.
- Translated versions include: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Maltese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Italian, Malay, Turkish, and Punjabi.
- A validated Korean translated version of the EPDS is available (Han et al., 2004; Kim, 2006 et al., 2005).
