title: 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).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess incidence, correlates and predictors of PTSD during and after the pregnancy following stillbirth.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, London. p.turton@sghms.ac.uk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fainman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D001601:Bereavement; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors