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A 6-Item Diagnostic Screener for Childbirth-Related PTSD

2026-03-06 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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Objective: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic birth is a serious but overlooked maternal morbidity, affecting ~20% of women following medically complicated deliveries. PTSD can undermine maternal caregiving. Rapid screening tools suited to busy obstetric settings are lacking. We developed and evaluated a brief screener, derived from the 20-item PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), to identify PTSD related to childbirth. Study Design: We enrolled 107 women with traumatic childbir...

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