Severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms, level of experienced stress and coping strategies in mothers of children previously treated in the neonatal intensive care unit

CONCLUSIONS: Focus on and venting of emotions, denial, mental disengagement, and the level of perceived stress are potentially modifiable factors that are strongly associated with PTSD. Planning, realization and assessment of interventions aimed at reduction of maladaptive coping strategies and perceived stress are recommended for mothers of infants requiring treatment in neonatal intensive care units. In order to minimize distress and improve coping with the treatment of the child, it is necessary to evaluate the effects of various methods of supporting parents.PMID:33740802 | DOI:10.12740/PP/115281
Source: Psychiatria Polska - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research