The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
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Aust N Z J Psychiatry · Oct 1997
Adverse psychological impact of operative obstetric interventions: a prospective longitudinal study.
This paper reports the findings of a prospective longitudinal study of 272 nulliparous pregnant women, which investigated as one of its objectives the psychological sequelae of obstetric procedures. ⋯ The findings of this study suggest that operative intervention in first childbirth carries significant psychological risks rendering those who experience these procedures vulnerable to a grief reaction or to posttraumatic distress and depression.