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| S MattheySummaryAffiliation: University of New South Wales Country: Australia Publications
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Paternal and maternal depressed mood during the transition to parenthoodS Matthey
Paediatric Mental Health Service, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, 2170, Liverpool, Australia
J Affect Disord 60:75-85. 2000..The course of postnatal depression was examined in first-time mothers and fathers with emphasis on the role of personality and parental relationships as risk factors...- Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for men, and comparison of item endorsement with their partnersS Matthey
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, South West Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
J Affect Disord 64:175-84. 2001..While some studies have reported the use of the EPDS with fathers, none have validated it for this group, and thus the appropriate cut-off score for screening for depression or anxiety caseness for this population is not known... - The sleep and settle questionnaire for parents of infants: psychometric propertiesS Matthey
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 37:470-5. 2001..To determine the psychometric properties of a parent-report questionnaire (Sleep and Settle Questionnaire (SSQ)) assessing: (i) the infant's sleep and settling behaviour, and (ii) the parent's level of concern with such behaviours... - The Children's Depression Inventory: error in cutoff scores for screening purposesStephen Matthey
Paediatric Mental Health Service, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Psychol Assess 14:146-9. 2002..In conclusion, it is recommended that the CDI is better suited as a continuous measure of mood and that cutoff scores should not be used to screen for the likely presence or absence of depression... - Adherence to cultural practices following childbirth in migrant Chinese women and relation to postpartum moodStephen Matthey
South West Sydney Area Health Service, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
Health Care Women Int 23:567-75. 2002..There was some indication that more educated women were less likely to follow cultural practices following the birth... - Diagnosing postpartum depression in mothers and fathers: whatever happened to anxiety?Stephen Matthey
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney and the South West Sydney Area Health Service, Park House, 13 Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
J Affect Disord 74:139-47. 2003..This methodology therefore underestimates the true percentage of women and men who experience significant psychological difficulties postpartum. This has implications for assessment, treatment and screening for postnatal mood disorders... - Acceptability of routine antenatal psychosocial assessments to women from English and non-English speaking backgroundsS Matthey
Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, South West Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
Arch Womens Ment Health 8:171-80. 2005..As with the English-speaking women, most considered the questions to be appropriate and acceptable... - Routine psychosocial assessment of women in the antenatal period: frequency of risk factors and implications for clinical servicesS Matthey
Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, South West Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
Arch Womens Ment Health 7:223-9. 2004..This information should prove useful for services considering implementing routine psychosocial assessments (or "screening") in the antenatal period... - Variability in use of cut-off scores and formats on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: implications for clinical and research practiceS Matthey
Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Arch Womens Ment Health 9:309-15. 2006.... - The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression ScaleS Matthey
Br J Psychiatry 182:368; author reply 368. 2003