Peripartum Traumas and Mental Health Outcomes in a Low-Income Sample of NICU Mothers: A Call for Family-Centered, Trauma-Informed Care

• Main Authors: Allison Williams (Author), Anna Beth Parlier-Ahmad (Author), Erin Thompson (Author), Rachel Wallace (Author), Paul B. Perrin (Author), Alyssa Ward (Author), Karen D. Hendricks-Muñoz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Postpartum depression (PPD), postpartum anxiety (PPA), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among birthing people have increased substantially, contributing to adverse maternal/infant dyad outcomes, with a high prevalence in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Despite calls for trauma-info...