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Your health care provider may use a screening tool such as the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) determine if a woman is likely to be depressed, but he or she (be consistent in language) will use his or her judgment and the information the mother provides to decide if the symptoms meet the criteria for diagnosis.
