title: [Post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth].
abstract: The aim of this paper is to introduce the issue of post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth to health care professionals. The text focuses on the diagnostic definition of post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth, symptoms, physiological background, prevalence, course, risk factors and consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth for a woman, her child and her partner. Options for interventions and therapy are outlined as well.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Korábová
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Masopustová
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D018153:Czech Republic; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000523:psychology; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D036801:Parturition / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: debriefing; postnatal depression; posttraumatic stress disorder after childbirth; risk factors; therapy.