Open Access Publications

• NURR1 Alterations in Perinatal Stress: A First Step towards Late-Onset Diseases? A Narrative Review
• Nutri-Epigenetics and Gut Microbiota: How Birth Care, Bonding and Breastfeeding Can Influence and Be Influenced?
• When birth is not as expected: a systematic review of the impact of a mismatch between expectations and experiences
• Balancing restrictions and access to maternity care for women and birthing partners during the COVID-19 pandemic: the psychosocial impact of suboptimal care
• Are There Epigenetic Oxytocin-Mediated Effects on the Mother and Infant during Physiological Childbirth?
• Dissemination and Enrichment of Knowledge About Normal Birth to Bring About a Change to Society
• Assessment of the attitude towards childbirth in health sciences students - development and validation of the questionnaire Cave-St
• “Nobody Listened”. Mothers’ Experiences and Needs Regarding Professional Support Prior to Their Admission to an Infant Mental Health Day Clinic
• Policy, service, and training provision for women following a traumatic birth: an international knowledge mapping exercise
• Early-Life Adversity Leaves Its Imprint on the Oral Microbiome for More Than 20 Years and Is Associated with Long-Term Immune Changes
• Women’s experiences of VBAC in Cyprus: a qualitative study
• Narrazioni del parto nella Svizzera italiana
• The Impact of Maternal Anxiety on Early Child Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Personality and peripartum changes in perceived social support: Findings from two prospective-longitudinal studies in (expectant) mothers and fathers
• Birth Experience Mediates the Association Between Fear of Childbirth and Mother-Child-Bonding Up to 14 Months Postpartum: Findings From the Prospective Cohort Study DREAM
• Reducing childbirth-related intrusive memories and PTSD symptoms via a single-session behavioural intervention including a visuospatial task: A proof-of-principle study.
• The feasibility and acceptability of a single-session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention to support women self-reporting fear of childbirth in a first pregnancy
• Childlessness: Concept Analysis
• Risk Factors for Urological Complications Associated with Caesarean Section—A Case-Control Study
• The pregnancy experiences and antenatal care services of Chinese migrants in Switzerland: a qualitative study
• The transition to parenthood: perspectives of relationship science theories and methods
• Preferences and Barriers to Counselling for and Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence, Depression, Anxiety, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Postpartum Women: Study
• Subjective Birth Experience Predicts Mother–Infant Bonding Difficulties in Women With Mental Disorders
• Developing a woman-centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper
• Prospective Associations of Lifetime Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Birth-Related Traumatization With Maternal and Infant Outcomes
• Prospective Associations Between Maternal Depression and Infant Sleep in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
• Childbirth experience, risk of PTSD and obstetric and neonatal outcomes according to antenatal classes attendance
• Maternal Mental Health Symptom Profiles and Infant Sleep: A Cross-Sectional Survey
• Reproductive health of women with intellectual disability: antenatal care, pregnancies and outcomes in the Dutch population
• Association between high levels of comorbid anxiety and depressive symptoms and decreased likelihood of birth without intervention: A longitudinal prospective cohort study.
• Examination of the effect of the perceived stress in the coronavirus‐19 pandemic on marital adjustment, sexual life and intimate partner violence.
• The Effect of Mothers’ Perceived Spousal Support in the Early Postpartum Period on Postpartum Stress
• Birth-related PTSD symptoms and related factors following preterm childbirth in Turkey
• Fetal Middle Cerebral Artery Pulsatility Index in No-Risk Pregnancies: Effects of Auditory Stimulation and Pregnancy Order
• Maternal Distress during Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Underlying Mechanisms and Child’s Developmental Outcomes—A Narrative Review
• Changing birthplaces to care for healthcare workers, lessons from the pandemic: A scoping review
• The impact of mode of delivery on parent-infant-bonding and the mediating role of birth experience: a comparison of mothers and fathers within the longitudinal cohort study DREAM
• Tackling childbirth-related intrusive memories with a single-session behavioural intervention involving a visuospatial task: protocol for a single-blind, waitlist-controlled randomised trial
• The COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Experiences of Midwives on the Healthcare Frontline
• Birth cultures: A qualitative approach to home birthing in Chile
• Validation of the German version of the pregnancy-related anxiety scale (PrAS): psychometric properties across all trimesters of pregnancy
• Do antenatal preparation and obstetric complications and procedures interact to affect birth experience and postnatal mental health?

 

Journal Articles

• Prenatal insomnia and childbirth-related PTSD symptoms: a prospective population-based cohort study
• Midwives’ experiences of traumatic births: A systematic review and meta-synthesis
• Desire for parenthood at the time of COVID-19 pandemic: an insight into the Italian situation
• Inner Ear Malformations in Congenital Deafness Are Not Associated with Increased Risk of Breech Presentation (11 March 2020)
• Left powerless: A qualitative social media content analysis of the Dutch #breakthesilence campaign on negative and traumatic experiences of labour and birth
• Moral and mental health challenges faced by maternity staff during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Jacoba Kuipers, Jens Henrichs & Kerry Evans (2020) A comparison of the Fear of Childbirth Scale with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale to identify childbirth-related fear in a sample of Dutch pregnant women: a diagnostic accuracy comparative cross-sectional study', International Journal of Nursing Studies
• Michelle Sadler, Gonzalo Leiva & Ibone Olza (2020) COVID-19 as a risk factor for obstetric violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 28:1, DOI
• Perinatal mental health in Ireland: A scoping review
• Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant women in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
• Subsequent childbirth after previous traumatic birth experience: women's choices and evaluations
• Personality Factors and vulnerability to post traumatic stress responses after childbirth
• Childbirth Experience Associated With Maternal and Paternal Stress During the First Year, but Not Child Attachment
• Identifying fear of Childbirth in a UK population: qualtiative examination of the clarity and acceptability of existing measuring tool in a small UK sample
• Parental birth-related PTSD symptoms and bonding in the early postpartum period: a prospective population-based cohort study
• Predictors and Changes in Paternal Perinatal Depression Profiles – Insights from the DREAM Study
• Mental health and its associations with glucose-lowering medication in women with gestational diabetes mellitus. A prospective clinical cohort study
• Traumatic memories of childbirth relate to maternal postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder
• The effect of empathy training given to midwives on the empathic communication skills of midwives and the birth satisfaction of mothers giving birth with the help of these midwives: A quasi-experimental study
• The analysis of negative birth experiences of mothers: a qualitative study
• A meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences of healthcare professionals on the humanisation of childbirth using a meta-ethnographic approach
• A systematic review of clinical effectiveness of psychological interventions to reduce post traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth and a meta-synthesis of facilitators and barriers to uptake of psychological care
• The complex effects of maternal expectations on postpartum depressive symptoms: when does a protective factor become a risk factor?
• Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Mothers and Fathers Following Childbirth: a Prospective Cohort Study
• The relationship between early administration of morphine or nitrous oxide gas and PTSD symptom development
• Perinatal Resilience for the First 1,000 Days of Life. Concept Analysis and Delphi Survey
• Prevalence of intimate partner violence among intimate partners during the perinatal period: a narrative literature review
• Client-care provider interaction during labour and birth as experienced by women: respect, communication, confidentiality and autonomy
• COVID-19 is associated with traumatic childbirth and subsequent mother-infant bonding problems
• The Childbirth Experiences of Syrian Refugee Mothers living in Turkey: A Qualitative Study
• How the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Period Influenced the Health Status and Determined Changes in Professional Practice among Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors in Romania
• Association of sexual assault history with traumatic childbirth and subsequent PTSDa
• A comparison of the Fear of Childbirth Scale with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale to identify childbirth-related fear in a sample of Dutch pregnant women: a diagnostic accuracy cross-sectional study
• Mothers’ perceptions of their Birth Experience in Greece: Could we do any better than that? Analysis of the Babies Born Better Survey for Greece
• The effect of perineal trauma on immediate self-reported birth experience in first time mothers
• Using an emotion‐focused approach in preventing psychological birth trauma
• An investigation of women’s pregnancy experiences during the covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
• Differential predictors of birth-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in mothers and fathers – A longitudinal cohort study
• COVID 19 positivity associated with traumatic stress response to childbirth and no visitors and infant separation in the hospital
• A meta-synthesis of the perspectives and experiences of healthcare professionals on the humanisation of childbirth using a meta-ethnographic approach
• The effect of maternal functional and postpartum depression status on breastfeeding self-efficacy of the mothers: A cross-sectional study
• Parental Sensitivity and Responsiveness as Mediators Between Postpartum Mental Health and Bonding in Mothers and Fathers
• An Investigation of the Relationship between Health Literacy Levels of Pregnant Women and Their Perceptions of Traumatic Childbirth
• The relationship between birth satisfaction, posttraumatic stress disorder and postnatal depression symptoms in Croatian women
• Physical and mental health changes in the five years before and five years after childbirth: A population-based panel study in first-time mothers and fathers from Germany
• Mother-infant contact after birth can reduce postpartum post-traumatic stress symptoms through a reduction in birth-related fear and guilt
• Becoming a Mother in the Shadow of COVID-19: A Grounded Theory Study
• Separation in Unity: Dialogical Transformation of Maternal Bond
• Are We Still at the Beginning of Our Study of Motherhood and the Mother–Child Bond?
• The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences
• Prevalence and risk factors of birth-related posttraumatic stress among parents: a comparative systematic review and meta-analysis
• A survey of perceived traumatic birth experiences in an Irish maternity sample - prevalence, risk factors and follow up
• Childbirth related PTSD and its association with infant outcome: A systematic review
• Investigation of the Relationship Between the Perception of Trauma Related to Childbirth and the Level of Maternal Attachment of Mothers Who Vaginal Gave Birth: A Cross Sectional Study
• Social support needs of first-time parents in the early-postpartum period: A qualitative studyauma Related to Childbirth and the Level of Maternal Attachment of Mothers Who Vaginal Gave Birth: A Cross Sectional Study
• The effect of pregnant women’s health-seeking behavior and preference for mode of birth on pregnancy distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Parent organizations’ experiences of the pandemic response in maternity care in thirteen European countries
• Hair glucocorticoids during pregnancy in the context of trauma exposure and their predictive value for the development of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms
• Maternal Anxiety and Its Associated Factors During the First and Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Serbia: A Cross-Sectional Study
• Predictors and comorbidity patterns of maternal birth-related posttraumatic stress symptoms: A Latent Class Analysis
• Trends and motivations for freebirth: A scoping review
• From Childbearing to Childrearing: Parental Mental Health and Infant Development
• Identifying Women with Post-Delivery Posttraumatic Stress Disorder using Natural Language Processing of Personal Childbirth Narratives
• The latent factor structure and assessment of childbirth-related PTSD in fathers: Psychometric characteristics of the City Birth Trauma Scale—French version (partner version)
• Cumulative trauma predicts hair cortisol concentrations and symptoms of depression and anxiety in pregnant women—an investigation of community samples from Greece, Spain and Perú
• Decision-making and future pregnancies after a positive fetal anomaly screen: A scoping review
• The concept analysis of parent-infant bonding during pregnancy and infancy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis
• Developing a woman-centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper
• Women’s perceptions of risk, safety and autonomy drive what we (providers and society) consider non-normative choices in pregnancy and childbirth | Evidence-Based Nursing (bmj.com)
• Examination of the effect of the perceived stress in the Coronavirus‐19 pandemic on marital adjustment, sexual life and intimate partner violence
• The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences
• The induction of lactation in mothers who have not given birth: a challenge for midwives in the face of new demands
• Methods and Success Factors of Induced Lactation: A Scoping Review

Rapid Reviews & Protocols

• The psychological impact of an epidemic/pandemic on the mental health of healthcare professionals and interventions to reduce this impact: a rapid review
• COVID-19 and maternal mental health: Are we getting the balance right?
• New systematic review of 49 studies: Walker KF, O'Donoghue K, Grace N, Dorling J, Comeau JL, Li W, Thornton JG. Maternal transmission of SARS-COV-2 to the neonate, and possible routes for such transmission: a systematic review and critical analysis. BJOG 2020
• Covid-19 and maternal and infant health: Are we getting the balance right? A rapid scoping review
• The psychological impact of an epidemic/pandemic on the mental health of healthcare professionals and interventions to reduce this impact: a rapid review
• Prevalence and risk factors of birth-related posttraumatic stress among parents: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• The impact of a mismatch between birth expectations and experiences on postpartum outcomes
• Key dimensions of women and men’s experiences of childbirth: a review of reviews

Books & Book Chapters

• Beyond Art: Aesthetics and Health (Book Chapter That's Why Art Is for Me)
• Chapter 3. Prenatal Dynamics and Fetal Existence (Book Chapter "Pre- and Postnatal Psychology and Medicine"
• Health & Aesthetics (Book Chapter "Whole-Self Aspects of Prebirth Psychology & Medicine"
• Concealed Pregnancy Chapter 12 Myles Textbook for Midwives 17th Ed Marshall J & Raynor M (Eds)
• Change: Birthing and Parenting at Times of Crisis
• Trauma and Motherhood in Contemporary Literature and Culture
• Trauma and Recovery: New Challenges to Motherhood in Contemporary Literature and Culture

Reports

• Reports of Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) Grants
• Reports of Virtual Mobility (VMs) Grants
• Grant Period 1 (1st December 2019 – 30th April 2020) Progress Report submitted by the MC Chair on behalf of the Management Committee

Editorial

• Identifying pregnant women at risk of developing COVID-19 related mental health problems–a call for enhanced psychoeducation and social support
• COVID-19 as a unique opportunity to unravel the link between prenatal maternal infection, brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders in offspring
• Perinatal Mental Health: Expanding the Focus to the Family Context
• (OPEN ACCESS) Perinatal Depression and Beyond—Implications for Research Design and Clinical Management

Letters/Opinions

• Giving birth and dying alone in hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic - a time for shifting paradigm toward continuity of care

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