Early psychological interventions for prevention and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-traumatic stress symptoms in post-partum women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-term or full-term childbirth can be experienced as physically or psychologically traumatic. Cumulative and trans-generational effects of traumatic stress on both psychological and physical health indicate the ethical requirement to investigate appropriate preventative treatment for stress symptoms in women following a routine traumatic experience such as childbirth.

Objective

The objective of this review was to investigate the effectiveness of early psychological interventions in reducing or preventing post-traumatic stress symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder in post-partum women within twelve weeks of a traumatic birth.

Methods

Randomised controlled trials and pilot studies of psychological interventions preventing or reducing post-traumatic st

SUBMITTER: Taylor Miller PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8612536 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature