The complex impact of five years of stress related to life-threatening events on pregnancy outcomes: A preliminary retrospective study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 317-321

  Keren, M ^a,b   Keren, N ^a,b   Eden, A ^c   Tsangen, S ^c   Weizman, A ^a,b   Zalsman, G ^a,b,d  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic life threatening stress; Differential impact; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HABITUATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; WAR EXPOSURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WAR EXPOSURE;

EID: 84921377089     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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