Cumulative childhood trauma and complex psychiatric symptoms in pregnant women and expecting men.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women and men having been exposed to childhood trauma would be at high risk of various mental health symptoms while awaiting a child. This study aimed to evaluate the association between cumulative childhood trauma and the accumulation of symptoms belonging to different psychiatric problems in pregnant women and expecting men.

Methods

We first examined prevalence rates of childhood trauma across our samples of 2853 pregnant women and 561 expecting men from the community. Second, we evaluated the association between cumulative childhood trauma and symptom complexity (i.e., the simultaneous presentation of symptoms belonging to multiple psychiatric problems) using subsamples of 1779 pregnant women and 118 expecting men. Participants completed self-reported measures

SUBMITTER: Garon-Bissonnette J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8725451 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature