Psychiatric history of women who have had an abortion

Research-based practice with women who have had miscarriages.

PURPOSE To summarize a research-based description of what it is like to miscarry and to recommend an empirically tested theory of caring for women who have experienced miscarriage. DESIGN The research program included three phases: interpretive theory generation, descriptive survey and instrument development, and experimental testing of a theory-based intervention. METHODS Research methods ...

A comparison of depression and anxiety symptom trajectories between women who had an abortion and women denied one.

BACKGROUND This study prospectively assesses the mental health outcomes among women seeking abortions, by comparing women having later abortions with women denied abortions, up to 2 years post-abortion seeking. METHOD We present the first 2 years of a 5-year telephone interview study that is following 956 women who sought an abortion from 30 facilities throughout the USA. We use adjusted line...

Is Aflatoxin More in the Milk of Lactating Mothers Who Have Previously Had COVID-19?

Background: Breast milk provides the ideal nutrition for infants. It has a nearly perfect mix of vitamins, protein, and fat. Breastfeeding has many health benefits for both the mother and infant. Breast milk contains all the nutrients an infant needs in the first six months of life. The present study aimed to measure aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) levels in breast milk and identify nutritional and socio-d...

Violence in the lives of women in Italy who have an elective abortion.

BACKGROUND Violence is an important health problem for pregnant women, with numerous studies showing that it may compromise maternal and infant health. Many women who seek an elective abortion (EA) live in difficult personal and social circumstances, in which violence often has a central role, yet few studies have analyzed the relationships between violence and having an EA. OBJECTIVES To ana...

A phenomenological exploration of Afrikaans women who have experienced an induced abortion