Trauma informed care in the perinatal period

Seng, Julia (ed)

Trauma informed care in the perinatal period - Edinburgh Dunedin 2015 - ix, 156 pages ; 22 cm. - Protecting children and young people series .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-148) and index. Pregnancy is a crucial point of intersection between generations. During pregnancy, women with a childhood maltreatment history have a 12-fold increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although awareness of the need for trauma-informed care and trauma-specific interventions is increasing in the fields of addiction and mental health treatment, there are no front-line programmes for the childbearing year that address maltreatment-related PTSD. The authors address these intergenerational cycles of childhood maltreatment and psychiatric vulnerability; they provide a resource to facilitate incorporating trauma-informed care and trauma-specific interventions into maternity services; and they signal the opportunities for improving outcomes for childbearing women with a history of childhood maltreatment. This volume provides an overview of information that child welfare and perinatal professionals can use in their work to move towards providing trauma informed care and developing trauma-specific interventions to improve intergenerational outcomes.

9781780460536


CHILD ABUSE
MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS
PERINATAL CARE
POSTPARTUM PERIOD, psychology
PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, psychology
PREGNANCY, psychology
STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC
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