BACKGROUND Many women experience childbirth as traumatic and 2% develop post-traumatic stress disorder. This study examined the role of health practitioner support and personal control during birth as predictors of post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, adjusting for vulnerability factors of prior trauma, depression, control beliefs and birth intervention. It also investigated interactions betwe...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the outcomes of Petals: a charitable organisation in Cambridgeshire. Petals provides counselling for women and couples who have suffered perinatal bereavement, or trauma during pregnancy or birth. This paper attempts to evaluate the effect of counseling interventions at this difficult time. METHODS Outcomes were recorded in 42 patients using the CORE (Clinical ...

BACKGROUND This study aims to investigate the relationship between birthweight and psychological function, as evaluated by the results of a psychological conscript interview and assessment in young males, including an evaluation of stress susceptibility. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study based on linked birth registry data and data from an assessment of psychological function ...

The scientific discourse does not consider the possibilities of preparing pregnant women for interaction with medical personnel during childbirth by means perinatal pedagogy. Purpose study: To determine key problems between in labor and staff institutions (maternity hospitals) their causes, elimination which could be facilitated study was conducted method content-analysis interviews 24 women. m...

Research in the area of psychological trauma raises a number of complex ethical issues. These include questions about unjustified medicalization of suffering, retraumatization of survivors, the morality of also investigating perpetrators of trauma, and neglecting to provide appropriate intervention. We discuss some of these issues against the backdrop of a study of trauma in South Africa, and t...