Project information
A National Audit of the Detection and Management of Post-Natal Depression
Key dates
Start Date: April 2003
Initial Finish Date: March 2005
Revised Completion Date: June 2005
Budget
Revised: 153,512
Key contacts
Project Contact: Dr Laura Sharp
Lead Grantholder: Professor Elizabeth Alder, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Napier University, 74 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh, EH9 2TB
Aims and objectives
- To establish the minimum standard for ICPs in postnatal depression based on the SIGN guidelines.
- To carry out a survey of current front-line practice in identifying and treating postnatal depression across Scotland, and to audit this against the minimum standard.
- To identify, and report back on, best practice.