The Patient Observer: Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress following Childbirth

Birth

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-76

  Stramrood, Claire A I ^a   van der Velde, Janneke ^a   Doornbos, Bennard ^a   Marieke Paarlberg, K ^b   Weijmar Schultz, Willibrord C M ^a   van Pampus, Maria G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c Gelre Teaching Hospital ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; Postpartum; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIRTH; CASE REPORT; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; DYSTOCIA; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84857568774     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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