Since the recognition of the importance of antenatal as well as postnatal depression, a number of studies have looked at the prevalence of depression among pregnant women in the developed and developing world. Prevalence rates vary because of a variety of methodological factors. Many studies use the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), a brief, self-report measure intended to screen for depressive symptoms (Cox, Holden, & Sagovksy, 1987), omitting the somatic items in other depression inventories which might produce a spurious over-identification of depression among women in the perinatal period | NTELLIGENT BUSINESS INTERMEDIATE TEACHER S BOOK COURSEBOOK Style guide Letters page 16 v i Style guide Emails page 18 y l Style guide General rules page 3 Skills book Writing 4 Formal correspondence page 60 Teacher s book page 163 Teacher s book Writing preparation framework page 188 Teacher s book Writing feedback framework page 189 Formal letter Suggested answer 138 words Dear Sir Madam I am writing with reference to a recent article in your newspaper about the current dilemma for trustees at Hershey Foods. I would strongly recommend that the trustees sell part of their shares in the company it is too risky for any investor to be reliant on one investment only. Moreover a greater role played by external shareholders could bring new ideas and subsequent benefits to the company. Money from the sale of Hershey shares could then be invested more widely. Il should also be used to finance the much-needed expansion of the local school f inally given that few residents of the town now work for the company both company and trustees need to move with the times the historical links which bind Hershey and the town no longer apply. Yours faithfully Sharon Nelmes Ỉ6 E Ễ s fe Ê E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E t E j E fcf Ifew CT UNIT 13 Unit 13 Communication UNIT OBJECTIVES Reading Coping with infoglut Language Reported speech Vocabulary Communication Career skills Summarising Culture at work Attitudes to interruptions Dilemma Decision Spinning the truth press release This unit looks at the enormous changes in communication that have taken place in the modern world and the resulting challenges. Changes in IT information technology mean that thanks to email voicemail and mobile phones we now communicate in a totally different way from a few decades ago. The complexity of the modern world can also bring related problems. We are now faced with infoglut or information overload many people seem to spend more time reading and listening to email and voicemail messages than actually
