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Table 2 Categories used to classify perinatal mental illness

From: Perinatal mental distress in a rural Ethiopian community: a critical examination of psychiatric labels

Label

Definition

Non-case throughout (n = 4)

SRQ score < 6 at both pregnancy and postnatal time point

Case throughout (n = 9)

SRQ score ≥ 6 at both pregnancy and postnatal time point

Pregnancy case (n = 5)

SRQ score ≥ 6 at pregnancy time point, SRQ score < 6 at postnatal time point

New-onset postnatal case (n = 4)

SRQ score < 6 at pregnancy time point, SRQ score ≥ 6 at postnatal time point