Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after childbirth: Prevalence and contributing factors

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Shaban, Zainab ^a   Dolatian, Mahrokh ^a   Shams, Jamal ^a   Majd, Hamid Alavi ^a   Mahmoodi, Zohreh ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Incidence; Natural childbirth; Post traumatic (PTSD); Stress disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84875319464     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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