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1. Towards a conceptual framework for understanding post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth and implications for further research.

Author

Slade, Pauline

Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder, PREGNANCY, SYMPTOMS, CHILDBIRTH, DELIVERY (Obstetrics), RESEARCH, ANXIETY, DISSOCIATIVE disorders, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research, LABOR (Obstetrics), MATERNAL health services, PATIENT-professional relations, DISEASE prevalence, PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
Abstract

This paper provides a synthesis of current knowledge about post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth. In particular it presents a two dimensional conceptual framework for understanding the development of symptoms based upon predisposing (pre-pregnancy/pregnancy), precipitating (perinatal) and maintaining (postnatal) factors, which relate to internal (within individual), external (environmental) and interactional factors. In addition key methodological issues and areas for further research are identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006
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