title: Childhood sexual abuse: a risk factor for postpartum depression?
abstract: While the link between childhood sexual abuse and adult psychiatric disorder has been documented, such research has not looked at any association with postpartum depression. Admissions to the Mercy Mother-Baby Unit are reviewed with respect to a possible link, with case examples presented. An aetiological model is proposed and clinical implications are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital for Women, East Melbourne, Victoria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buist
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barnett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors