Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery

Abstract

In this study, postpartum stress symptoms appeared to be related more to stressful life events and depression than to pregnancy, labor, and delivery.

The aetiology of post-traumatic stress following childbirth: a meta-analysis and theoretical framework

“…Evidence broadly confirms the associations between the factors outlined above and postpartum PTSD (Cigoli, Gilli, & Saita, 2006;Cohen, Ansara, Schei, Stuckless, & Stewart, 2004;Creedy, Shochet, & Horsfall, 2000;Czarnocka & Slade, 2000;LevWiesel, Chen, Daphna-Tekoah, & Hod, 2009;Soderquist, Wijma, Thorbert, & Wijmad, 2009;Soderquist, Wijma, & Wijma, 2002;Wijma, Soderquist, & Wijma, 1997). Very few studies have looked at the interaction between vulnerability and risk factors.…”

Exploration of a cognitive model to predict post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth

“…For example, prior psychiatric problems and previous trauma have been associated with PTS symptoms following birth (Cigoli et al, 2006;Cohen, Ansara, Schei, Stuckless, & Stewart, 2004;Czarnocka & Slade, 2000;Kennedy & MacDonald, 2002;Maggioni et al, 2006;Soderquist, Wijma, & Wijma, 2006;Soet et al, 2003;Wijma et al, 1997). During the birth, instrumental deliveries (e.g.…”

Support during birth interacts with prior trauma and birth intervention to predict postnatal post-traumatic stress symptoms

“…Pre-event factors that are likely to influence the relationship between support, control, and PTS symptoms after birth include a history of trauma (Cohen, Ansara, Schei, Stuckless, & Stewart, 2004;Kennedy & MacDonald, 2002;Soet et al, 2003), depression and anxiety (Cigoli et al, 2006;Cohen et al, 2004;Czarnocka & Slade, 2000;Maggioni et al, 2006;Soderquist et al, 2006;Wijma et al, 1997), low self-efficacy (Soet et al, 2003) and locus of control (Soet et al, 2003). The association between support and control during birth and postnatal PTS symptoms after controlling for these factors has not yet been studied.…”