Psychologically Traumatic Birth: Associations with Increased Drinking and Delayed Risk of Alcohol Harm in Mothers
Andrew Jones,
Sally Hunt,
Abigail K. Rose
Abstract:Background
Experience of trauma is a risk factor for increased alcohol use. Childbirth can be psychologically traumatic but there is minimal research investigating whether psychological birth trauma (PBT) is a risk factor for increased maternal drinking or what factors are associated with alcohol use in mothers who have and who have not experienced PBT.
Method
An online observational survey of mothers with (n = 291) and without (n = 230) experience of PBT.… Show more
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