Understanding and supporting parenting in parents seeking PTSD treatment: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Parental post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can impact parenting and child psychosocial wellbeing. Complementing trauma-focused psychotherapy with parenting interventions can thus have important preventive value. Understanding parents' lived experiences is necessary to tailor such interventions to their needs.Objective: This study addressed the question: how can preventive parenting support be shaped to the needs of parents entering specialized psychotherapy for PTSD? To answer this question, we investigated parenting challenges, parent-child communication about PTSD, strengths, and social support experiences of parents with PTSD.Method: The sample included 14 parents seeking PTSD treatment at a tertiary mental healthcare institution, while parenting chi

SUBMITTER: Meijer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11869331 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature