ArticleArchives of women's mental health2022
Clinician-reported childbirth outcomes, patient-reported childbirth trauma, and risk for postpartum depression.
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- Traumatic Childbirth Experiences and their Association with Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Pooled it
- The association of psycho-economic factors with postpartum depression without significant medical complications for the mother and infant: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Adverse perinatal events are associated with postpartum depression and anxiety in women veterans.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2026Article
- Linking Experiences of Interpersonal Racism and Pandemic Worries to Postpartum Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Among Asian Birthing Individuals.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Antenatal intervention for childbirth trauma: the clinical profile of Australian women at a tertiary hospital.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- The role of serum oxytocin levels in the third trimester of pregnancy in the incidence of postpartum depressive symptoms.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Traumatic birth experiences and maternal caregiving behaviors and attitudes in black and white women.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- A Group-Based Telehealth Intervention for Birth Trauma: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility and Waitlist Control Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Association between adverse perinatal events and postpartum depressive symptoms in a North American prospective preconception cohort study.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
- Characterizing Social Communication Difficulties in Young Children within a Longitudinal Ecological Systems Framework.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for childbirth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms: effectiveness, duration and completion.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Episiotomy and perineal trauma during childbirth in primiparous women: associations with anxiety, quality of life, vaginal and sexual symptoms in the first year postpartum.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Association between potentially traumatic birthing experience and worsening postpartum depression or anxiety trajectories among participants in perinatal collaborative care model.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2024Article
- The amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations is correlated with birth trauma in patients with postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Social Context of Pregnancy, Respectful Maternity Care, Biomarkers of Weathering, and Postpartum Mental Health Inequities: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Perinatal Depression and Risk of Suicidal Behavior.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Difficulties in Adaptation of the Mother and Newborn via Cesarean Section versus Natural Birth-A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Using an AI-powered Mobile Application Chatbot to Address Maternal Depression Indicators and Inquiries in the Perinatal and Postpartum Periods: A Multimethod Analysis.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
Childbirth trauma is common and increases risk for postpartum depression (PPD). However, we lack brief measures to reliably identify individuals who experience childbirth trauma and who may be at greater prospective risk for PPD. To address this gap, we used data from a racially diverse prospective cohort (n=1082). We collected survey data during pregnancy and at 12 weeks postpartum, as well as clinician-reported data from medical records. A new three-item measure of patient-reported childbirth trauma was a robust and independent risk factor for PPD, above and beyond other known risk factors for PPD, including prenatal anxiety and depression. Cesarean birth, greater blood loss, and preterm birth were each associated with greater patient-reported childbirth trauma. Finally, there were prospective indirect pathways whereby cesarean birth and higher blood loss were related to higher patient-reported childbirth trauma, in turn predicting greater risk for PPD. Early universal postpartum screening for childbirth trauma, targeted attention to individuals with childbirth complications, and continued screening for depression and anxiety can identify individuals at risk for PPD. Such efforts can inform targeted interventions to improve maternal mental health, which plays a vital role in infant development.
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