Principal Investigator (PI): Roseanne Clark, PhD

PI Department: UW Department of Psychiatry

Project Study Title: UW Postpartum Depression Treatment Program PPD Screening Research

Summary of Study: To assist health care professionals in the early detection of symptoms of major depression among women in the last trimester of pregnancy and the first seven months postpartum.

Objective: To screen for postpartum depression and assist health care professional with timely referral of women with significant depressive symptoms to appropriate treatment.

DFM Clinic(s): All clinics approved

DFM Contact: Mary Beth Plane MSSW, PhD

Study Contact Person:
Jennifer Perfetti, MA, LPC
(608)263-6153
jperfetti@wisc.edu

Date of Approval: 01/01/04

Dates of Study: Ongoing

Study Implications: Serve as an information and referral center for affected women and to provide a clinic contact person. To provide no-cost evaluation and treatment in our NIH-funded study for women with infants less than seven months of age who meet entrance criteria. Referral and follow-up is offered for those who do not meet entrance criteria.