By implementing trauma-informed strategies, healthcare providers can help create a safe and supportive environment for sexual trauma survivors during pregnancy, labor, and delivery.
Those with depression are at greater risk of experiencing IPV and experiencing IPV is associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms.
This meta-analysis suggests that mind-body therapies are an effective treatment for women victims of violence.
Establishing noninvasive and low-cost data collection based on childbirth narratives for the identification of women with CB-PTSD could serve as an important first step to complement more extensive methods.
Childbirth-related PTSD is relatively common; routine screening with a survey of PTSD symptoms may identify women in need of specific PTSD interventions.
Largest studies to date demonstrate statistically significant risk of preterm birth among women with active PTSD.
Depression and anxiety are prevalent among women who have experienced a stillbirth, especially those reporting inadequate paternal support
Exposure to interpersonal violence during both early childhood and pregnancy may pose a long-term risk for worse health outcomes.
In studies of psychosis unrelated to childbirth, there is evidence linking stress to the onset of psychosis.Â
Despite decreasing rates of alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy, the use of cannabis use during pregnancy is on the rise. Several qualitative studies have suggested that pregnant women report using cannabis to manage a [...]
