A pilot study of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing treatment (EMDR) for post-traumatic stress after childbirth

Midwifery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-73

  Sandström, Marianne ^a   Wiberg, Britt ^b   Wikman, Marianne ^b   Willman, Anna Klara ^b   Högberg, Ulf ^a,b  

^a Umeå Utveckling AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth; EMDR; Post traumatic stress; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649093184     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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