Prenatal depression, mode of delivery and perinatal dissociation as predictors of postpartum posttraumatic stress: An empirical study

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-312

  van Son, Maarten J M ^a   Verkerk, Gerda ^b   van der Hart, Onno ^a   Komproe, Ivan ^c   Pop, Victor ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Transcultural Psychosocial Org   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 23944464457     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.446     Document Type: Article

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