The impact of subjective birth experiences on post-traumatic stress symptoms: A longitudinal study

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Garthus Niegel, Susan ^a,b   Von Soest, Tilmann ^c   Vollrath, Margarete E ^a,c   Eberhard Gran, Malin ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Akershus Birth Cohort; Post traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth; Precipitating factors; Predisposing factors; Subjective birth experiences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PARITY; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872601487     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0301-3     Document Type: Article

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