Cognitive behaviour therapy for postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder: Case studies

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-184

  Ayers, Susan ^a   McKenzie McHarg, Kirstie ^b   Eagle, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth; Cognitive behavior therapy; Post traumatic stress disorder; Postnatal

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EPISIOTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LABOR PAIN; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34250777332     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820601142957     Document Type: Article

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