Traumatic Childbirth Experience and Childbirth-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Contemporary Overview

Leonieke Kranenburg (), Mijke Lambregtse- van den Berg and Claire Stramrood
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Leonieke Kranenburg: Department of Psychiatry, Section Medical Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Mijke Lambregtse- van den Berg: Department of Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Claire Stramrood: Beval Beter, P.O. Box 345, 1000 AH Amsterdam, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-8

Abstract: With this manuscript we provide an overview of the prevalence, symptoms, risk factors, screening, support, and treatment for women with a traumatic childbirth experience or childbirth-related PTSD. This overview is based on both recent literature and the authors’ clinical experiences from the fields of obstetrics, psychiatry and medical psychology to provide up-to-date knowledge about recognizing, preventing and treating CB-PTSD from a clinical perspective. We pay substantial attention to prevention as there are many things health care professionals can do or not do to contribute to a positive childbirth experience, and save women, their infants and families from a sub-optimal start due to childbirth-related trauma.

Keywords: PTSD; childbirth; overview (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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