Patterns of attention and experiences of post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth: An experimental study

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-296

  Dale Hewitt, Vanessa ^a,b   Slade, Pauline ^a   Wright, Ingram ^c   Cree, Michelle ^d   Tully, Chris ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Central/Greater Derby PCT's NHS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Childbirth; Post traumatic stress symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84865407141     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0290-2     Document Type: Article

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