The role of peripartum dissociation as a predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms following childbirth in israeli jewish women

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-283

  Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a   Daphna Tekoah, Shir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Peripartum dissociation; Postnatal posttraumatic stress symptoms; Prenatal posttraumatic stress symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDBIRTH; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPARTUM DISSOCIATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954268569     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299731003780887     Document Type: Article

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