title: A Cycles-Breaking Framework to Disrupt Intergenerational Patterns of Maltreatment and Vulnerability During the Childbearing Year.
abstract: We propose a cycles-breaking conceptual framework to guide perinatal research, interventions, and clinical innovations that can prevent or disrupt intergenerational cycles of childhood maltreatment and psychiatric vulnerability. The framework is grounded in literature, clinical observations, team science collaboration, and empirical research from numerous disciplines and is specific to the childbearing year. Adoption of the framework has the potential to speed the progress of research on the social problems of intergenerational childhood maltreatment and psychiatric vulnerability.
authors.forename: Mickey
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sperlich
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seng
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuthbert
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008423:Maternal Age; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
keywords: child maltreatment; conceptual framework; perinatal mental health; posttraumatic stress disorder; team science; transdisciplinary theory