Validation of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder using psychophysiological assessment

Sabrina J Chan; Freya Thiel; Anjali J Kaimal; Roger K Pitman; Scott P Orr; Sharon Dekel

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2022.05.051

Validation of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder using psychophysiological assessment

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Oct;227(4):656-659. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.05.051. Epub 2022 May 29.

Authors

Sabrina J Chan¹, Freya Thiel¹, Anjali J Kaimal², Roger K Pitman³, Scott P Orr³, Sharon Dekel⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 120 2nd Ave., Boston, MA 02129; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 120 2nd Ave., Boston, MA 02129; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: sdekel@mgh.harvard.edu.

Abstract

Women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to traumatic childbirth show similarly elevated psychophysiological responses as individuals with PTSD related to other traumatic events.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Delivery, Obstetric
Female
Humans
Parturition
Postpartum Period
Pregnancy
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic*
Surveys and Questionnaires

Grants and funding

R21 HD100817/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States