ArticleArchives of women's mental health2015
Childhood sexual abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder among pregnant and postpartum women: review of the literature.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The association between sexual violence and mental disorders among women victim-survivors in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Prenatal maternal posttraumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for adverse birth weight and gestational age outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Pooled it
- The role of gender and child sexual abuse history in treatment response in two treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2026Trial
- Breaking the cycle: a review of the impacts of maternal PTSD, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and health disparities among Black women.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2026Review
- Pathways to Birth Trauma: Prenatal PTSD as a Mediator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Childbirth-Related PTSD Symptoms.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Brief Narrative Exposure Therapy for Perinatal Trauma: A Case Study.Cognitive and behavioral practice · 2026Article
- Longitudinal effects of pregnancy on PTSD symptoms in black female participants: Moderation by sexual trauma and progesterone.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- A virtual mother-infant postpartum psychotherapy group for mothers with a history of adverse childhood experiences: open-label feasibility study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Past Traumatic Life Events, Postpartum PTSD, and the Role of Labor Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- "Echoes of a dark past" is a history of maternal childhood maltreatment a perinatal risk factor for pregnancy and postpartum trauma experiences? A longitudinal study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- The Involvement of Past Traumatic Life Events in the Development of Postpartum PTSD after Cesarean Delivery.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Prospective Associations of Lifetime Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Birth-Related Traumatization With Maternal and Infant Outcomes.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Putative Mental, Physical, and Social Mechanisms of Hormonal Influences on Postpartum Sexuality.Current sexual health reports · 2021Article
- A model of risk for perinatal posttraumatic stress symptoms.Archives of women's mental health · 2021Article
- Consequences of Military Sexual Trauma for Perinatal Mental Health: How Do We Improve Care for Pregnant Veterans with a History of Sexual Trauma?Journal of women's health (2002) · 2020Article
- Interaction Effects of Life Events and Hair Cortisol on Perceived Stress, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents: Testing the Differential Susceptibility and Diathesis-Stress Models.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Maternal Attachment Style, Interpersonal Trauma History, and Childbirth-Related Post-traumatic Stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Childhood physical and sexual abuse experiences associated with post-traumatic stress disorder among pregnant women.Annals of epidemiology · 2017Article
- Childhood abuse and suicidal ideation in a cohort of pregnant Peruvian women.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2016Article
- [Mental disorders in pregnancy and postpartum : Prevalence, course, and clinical diagnostics].Der Nervenarzt · 2016Review
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Abstract
The aims of this review are (i) to summarize and evaluate current knowledge on the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in pregnant and postpartum women, (ii) to provide suggestions for future research on this topic, and (iii) to highlight some clinical implications. Relevant publications were identified through literature searches of four databases (PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycINFO, and PsycARTICLES) using keywords such as "child abuse," "posttraumatic stress," "pregnancy," and "postpartum". Five studies were included in this review. Findings across all studies were consistent with higher prevalence of PTSD diagnosis or symptomatology among women with history of CSA. However, only findings from two studies were statistically significant. One study observed higher overall PTSD scores in women with CSA history compared to women with non-CSA trauma history or no trauma history during pregnancy (mean ± SD 1.47 (0.51) vs. 1.33 (0.41) vs. 1.22 (0.29), p < 0.001), at 2 months postpartum (mean ± SD 1.43 (0.49) vs. 1.26 (0.38) vs. 1.19 (0.35), p < 0.001), and at 6 months postpartum (mean ± SD 1.36 (1.43) vs. 1.20 (0.33) vs. 1.14 (0.27), p < 0.001). Another study observed that the prevalence of PTSD during pregnancy was 4.1 % in women with no history of physical or sexual abuse, 11.4 % in women with adult physical or sexual abuse history, 16.0 % in women with childhood physical or sexual abuse history, and 39.0 % in women exposed to both childhood and adult physical or sexual abuse (p < 0.001); in a subsequent analysis, the investigators reported that pregnant women with PTSD had over 5-fold odds of having a history of childhood completed rape compared to counterparts without PTSD (OR = 5.3, 95 % CI 3.2, 8.7). Overall, available evidence suggests positive associations of CSA with clinical PTSD or PTSD symptomatology among pregnant and postpartum women.
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