Childbirth and criteria for traumatic events

Midwifery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-261

  Boorman, Rhonda J ^a   Devilly, Grant J ^a   Gamble, Jenny ^b   Creedy, Debra K ^b   Fenwick, Jennifer ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Prevalence; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84894262097     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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