AUTHOR: Gad Saad
PUBLICATION NAME: Psychology Today.
DATE OF PUBLICATION: November 28, 2010
SUMMARY: In this article, the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) created after a miscarriage is addressed. PTSD can cause depression and anxiety in the woman who had a miscarriage. The research found helps people identify women that had miscarriages with PTSD and encourage them to seek help.
In the study, they found that symptoms of PTSD for women that experienced a miscarriage include tiredness, troubles sleeping, concentration difficulties, appetite loss, and many crying episodes. These results help friends and families of a miscarriage woman to gain help when symptoms are detected. PTSD causes trauma in the mother-to-be, making her stress level rise and the hopes of creating a family decrease. This study tells parents that experienced miscarriages to process their grief, which is the only way to resolve the problem. In order for the mother-to-be to move on, she must acknowledge that the miscarriage was not her fault or in her control.
When a woman decides on having a child, she begins to bond with him or her right away. Because of this bond, many mothers with miscarriages may instantly have PTSD after it occurs. If the miscarriage happens late in the pregnancy, PTSD is more likely because the baby must be surgically removed from the mother. This shows that bonds between humans are extremely strong, especially those between mothers and children. Because of these strong bonds, deep depression may occur when it ends due to death. This study acknowledges the fact that communication, support, and the seeking of help when faced with depression is vital to finally move on.
LINKS TO STUDY: The American Family Physician
ARTICLE: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/somatic-psychology/201011/miscarriage-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder
SUBMITTED BY: Connie Giang
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