Research Update December 2019-August 2020
BMJ Open, 2019 Dec 30;9(12):e032469, doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032469. Improving mental health and physiological stress responses in mothers following traumatic childbirth and… read more
Research Update – October & November 2019
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2019 Nov 27. doi: 10.1007/s00737-019-01011-0. [Epub ahead of print] Posttraumatic stress symptoms following childbirth: associations with prenatal… read more
Perinatal Mental Health: Expanding the Focus to the Family Context
Contributions invited to the Frontiers in Psychiatry/Psychology research topic of ‘Perinatal Mental Health: Expanding the Focus to the Family Context’. … read more
Research Update July – September 2019
Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Caesarean Section: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019 Sep 18. doi:… read more
Research Update April-June 2019
Effect of the Sacred Hour on Postnatal Depression in Traumatic Childbirth: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Abdollahpour S1, Bolbolhaghighi N2, Khosravi A3. J… read more
May Research Update
Predicting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after Childbirth O’Donovan, A.; Alcorn, K.L.; Patrick, J.C.; Creedy, D.K.; Dawe, S. & Devilly, G.J. (2014)…. read more
Attentional Biases in Birth-Related PTSD
by Rebecca Webb, Centre for Maternal & Child Health Research, City University London While birth can be a positive experience… read more
“She was perfect, a beautiful baby girl… only sleeping”: Stillbirth and PTSD in the era of DSM-5
by Elizabeth Ford, Research Fellow, Brighton & Sussex Medical School. http://www.bsms.ac.uk/research/our-researchers/elizabeth-ford/ Parents anticipate the arrival of their baby for months,… read more
“I wasn’t meant to give birth that early”: Posttraumatic stress and preterm birth
By Dr Alexandra Sawyer, University of Sussex The preterm birth rate for live births ranges from about 5% to 10% in… read more
Perinatal mental health in low income countries
Less than 40% of women worldwide receive postnatal care (WHO, 2010), leaving large numbers of women potentially at risk of… read more