Towards a conceptual framework for understanding post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth and implications for further research

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-105

  Slade, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Labour delivery; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANXIETY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745713534     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820600714582     Document Type: Article

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