An investigation into the possible overlap between PTSD and unresolved responses following stillbirth: An absence of linkage with only unresolved status predicting infant disorganization

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-253

  Turton, Penelope ^b   Hughes, Patricia ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^b   Fainman, David ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disorganized attachment; PTSD; Stillbirth; Trauma; Unresolved

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 7244242458     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730412331281575     Document Type: Article

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