Maintaining factors of posttraumatic stress symptoms following childbirth: A population-based, two-year follow-up study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 172, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-152

  Garthus Niegel, Susan ^a,b   Ayers, Susan ^c   Von Soest, Tilmann ^b,d   Torgersen, Leila ^b   Eberhard Gran, Malin ^b,e  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Akershus Birth Cohort; Maintaining factors; Posttraumatic stress symptoms following childbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INSOMNIA; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; BIRTH; CONFLICT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PARTURITION; PERSONALITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84908292748     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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