Childhood sexual abuse as a predictor of birth-related posttraumatic stress and postpartum posttraumatic stress

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 877-887

  Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a   Daphna Tekoah, Shir ^b   Hallak, Mordechai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Childhood sexual abuse; Postpartum; PTSD; Retraumatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73049099070     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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