Effects of an early intervention on maternal post-traumatic stress symptoms and the quality of mother-infant interaction: The case of preterm birth

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 624-631

  Borghini, Ayala ^a   Habersaat, Stephanie ^a   Forcada Guex, Margarita ^a   Nessi, Jennifer ^a   Pierrehumbert, Blaise ^a   Ansermet, François ^b   Müller Nix, Carole ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Maternal symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Mother infant interaction; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908465450     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 19348800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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