Hey guys, welcome to Preview Alliance. It is Sarah Whitney. Okay so there was a kind of I don't know if he's

maybe viral post on Instagram and I sent it to you the other day. Yes. And it's like postpart

of depression screening suck. And I'm here to say yeah they do. I mean I

really don't disagree with that and I feel like more often than not at least my experience working in the hospital

the Edinburgh scale or assessment is what gets used more often than not right and we

even use it at preview we do and the thing is because it's

really one of the few postpartum screenings so that's why it by and large is what

gets used more frequently. My biggest takeaway from the

Edinburgh is I do feel like it's easy to decipher what it's asking. So if someone

isn't super comfortable asking or answering those questions or they're worried

well if I answer truthfully what's going to happen to me and my baby are they

going to get taken away you know those fears are legit yeah those are valid concerns to have because there are

those horror stories you know so throwing that out there yes I feel like

Edinburgh is easy to decipher right and I can

understand why someone wants to fly under the radar they may not feel comfortable

answering those completely but for previous we kind of use it as a baseline and we do it multiple times throughout

the pregnancy and postpartum right so if we have someone who let's just

say they're in their second trimester. Right.

And they score, we'll say moderate.

They deny any type of suicidal ideation or thoughts.

Which is the last question, and it's important to say

that the point of the Edinburgh is is in its

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