Author:
Turton P.,Hughes P.,Evans C. D. H.,Fainman D.
Abstract
BackgroundMany women may suffer psychological symptoms after stillbirth and in the subsequent pregnancy. Stillbirth has not been demonstrated previously to be a stressor for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).AimsTo assess incidence, correlates and predictors of PTSD during and after the pregnancy following stillbirth.MethodA cohort study of pregnant women whose previous pregnancy ended in stillbirth.ResultsPTSD symptoms were prevalent in the pregnancy following stillbirth. Case-level PTSD was associated with depression, state-anxiety and conception occurring closer to loss. Symptomsgenerally resolved naturally by 1 year postpartum (birth of healthy baby).ConclusionsWomen are vulnerabe to PTSD in the pregnancy subsequent to stillbirth, particularly when conception occurs soon after the loss.
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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