Iranian mothers' perception of the psychological birth trauma: A qualitative study

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-36

  Taghizadeh, Ziba ^a   Irajpour, Alireza ^b   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^c   Arbabi, Mohammad ^d   Lopez, Violeta ^e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Mothers' perspectives; Psychological birth trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNITY WARD; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL BIRTH TRAUMA; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84896498622     PISSN: 17354587     EISSN: 20082215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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