Towards a conceptual framework for understanding post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth and implications for further research.
This paper provides a synthesis of current knowledge about post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth. In particular it presents a two dimensional conceptual framework for understanding the development of symptoms based upon predisposing (pre-pregnancy/pregnancy), precipitating (perinatal) and maintaining (postnatal) factors, which relate to internal (within individual), external (environmental) and interactional factors. In addition key methodological issues and areas for further research are identified.
Slade
Pauline
P
Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK. p.slade@sheffield.ac.uk
D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D036801:Parturition / Q000523:psychology*; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*