Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review

<p style="text-align: justify;">Postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder (PP-PTSD) is quite common, with long-term adverse impact on mothers and their children. According to various studies, 3% 45.5% of women perceive childbirth experience as traumatic, 3.1% 43% further develop postpartum disorder. PP-PTSD a relatively new field study, therefore, there need in systematization the data published this topic so far. This review studies risk factors for PP-PTSD, including past traumatic experience, its negative mother’s mental health child’s development. Since society specialists aim reduce prevalence disorder, our article also summarizes protective PP-PTSD. For example, adequate interaction between laboring medical personnel, non-medical labour support, psychological counseling after can significantly developing PP-PTSD.</p>