[Mourning after perinatal death--prevalence symptoms and treatment--a review of the literature].
Miscarriage and perinatal loss are associated with considerable psychosocial distress. A substantial proportion of women who suffered the loss of a child develop a psychological disorder. Depression, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and somatoform disorder all have been linked in various studies to grief reactions in response to perinatal loss. A number of studies based on clinical and empirical evidence suggest various therapeutic procedures. However, a current Cochrane review fails to provide empirical evidence favouring a specific treatment strategy. In Germany in routine care in gynaecology no psychological support is offered to women suffering from grief reactions due to perinatal loss. Further research is needed to develop evidence based treatment strategies for secondary prevention in this field.
Scheidt
Carl Eduard
CE
Universitätsklinik Feiburg, Abteilung Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Freiburg. carl.eduard.scheidt@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Waller
Nicola
N
Wangler
Jutta
J
Hasenburg
Anette
A
Kersting
Anette
A
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000523:psychology*