Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth

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Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Bastos, Maria Helena ^a   Furuta, Marie ^b   Small, Rhonda ^c   Mckenzie Mcharg, Kirstie ^d   Bick, Debra ^e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mother and Child Health Research   (Australia)

^d WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILDBIRTH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL DEBRIEFING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; BIRTH; DELIVERY; MENTAL STRESS; NARRATIVE THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NARRATIVE THERAPY; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84944463947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007194.pub2     Document Type: Review

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