Helping parents cope with the trauma of premature birth: An evaluation of a trauma-preventive psychological intervention

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 915-919

  Jotzo, Martina ^a   Poets, Christian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Parents of premature infants; Psychological intervention; Trauma prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 23244433049     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0370     Document Type: Article

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