Birth trauma in a population requiring inpatient mental health care in the postpartum period.

Objective: This study explores rates of birth-related symptoms of trauma in a population of parents experiencing severe perinatal mental illness.
Method: Birthing-parents admitted to a perinatal inpatient unit completed birth trauma measures on admission which were descriptively analyzed.
Results: The population had higher rates of birth-related potentially traumatic events and trauma-related symptoms than the general population.
Conclusions: The findings highlight that assessing for and responding to experiences of birth trauma is highly relevant to an inpatient perinatal population.
Competing Interests: DisclosureThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.