Incidence, correlates and predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder in the pregnancy after stillbirth
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Incidence, correlates and predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder in the pregnancy after stillbirth
Abstract
Background: Many women may suffer psychological symptoms after stillbirth and in the subsequent pregnancy. Stillbirth has not been demonstrated previously to be a stressor for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Aims: To assess incidence, correlates and predictors of PTSD during and after the pregnancy following stillbirth.
Method: A cohort study of pregnant women whose previous pregnancy ended in stillbirth.
Results: PTSD symptoms were prevalent in the pregnancy following stillbirth. Case-level PTSD was associated with depression, state-anxiety and conception occurring closer to loss. Symptoms generally resolved naturally by 1 year post-partum (birth of healthy baby).
Conclusions: Women are vulnerable to PTSD in the pregnancy subsequent to stillbirth, particularly when conception occurs soon after the loss.
Comment in
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PTSD and stillbirth.Br J Psychiatry. 2001 Oct;179:367; author reply 368. doi: 10.1192/bjp.179.4.367-a. Br J Psychiatry. 2001. PMID: 11581120 No abstract available.
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PTSD and stillbirth.Br J Psychiatry. 2001 Oct;179:368; author reply 368. doi: 10.1192/bjp.179.4.368. Br J Psychiatry. 2001. PMID: 11683151 No abstract available.
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