The prospective relationship between postpartum PTSD and child sleep: A 2-year follow-up study

Following childbirth, approximately 3 –6% of mothers develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which comprises four symptom clusters (intrusion or re-experiencing, avoidance, negative alterations in mood or cognitions, and increased arousal), that must have lasted at least one month and that significantly impair the mother's funct ioning (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Yildiz et al., 2017). Postpartum PTSD may negatively impact the mother-infant relationship, as well as infant behavior and social-emotional and cognitive development (Cook et al., 2017).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research