Cited by 222Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare

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Support after perinatal death: a study of support and counselling after perinatal bereavement

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Forrest, G C, Standish, E, Baum, J D·1982·BMJ

Abstract

After an earlier study into the practical aspects of the management of perinatal death, a counselling service was introduced for parents whose baby had died in the perinatal period. The service was monitored, and the parents who received the service were compared with a group that did not. Fifty families were allocated randomly either to the counselling (supported) group or to the contrast group, who received routine hospital care. Assessment was carried out at six and 14 months after the death, using a semi-structured interview and two self-rating scales (the general health questionnaire and the Leeds scales). Two of 16 mothers in the supported group showed psychiatric disorder at six months, compared with 10 of 19 in the contrast group (p less than 0.01, Fisher's exact test). There was no significant difference between the two groups at 14 months, when 80% of all the women studied had recovered psychiatric symptoms. Socially isolated women and those who marital relations lacked intimacy had a higher incidence of psychiatric symptoms at six months. Early pregnancy (within six months) was associated with a higher incidence of psychiatric symptoms in the unsupported group. The duration of bereavement reaction after perinatal death was appreciably shortened by support and counselling.

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    The contrast group may be taken to represent the natural history of bereavement reactions after stillbirth or early neonatal death.

    “Nevertheless, the contrast group may be taken to repre- sent the natural history of bereavement reactions after stillbirth or early neonatal death.”
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    Training programmes emphasise the technical rather than the psychological aspects of management.

    “All too often, training pro- grammes emphasise the technical rather than the psychological aspects of management.”
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  1. Lewis E. Reactions to stillbirth. In: Psychosomatic medicine in obstetrics and gynaecology. 3rd International Congress, Basel. London: Karger, 1971: 323-5.
  2. Am3J Obstet Gynecol 1970;108:73-7.
  3. Standish E. The loss of a baby. Lancet 1982;i:611-2.

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Authors
Forrest, G. C., Standish, E., & Baum, J. D.
Affiliations
John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
Venue
BMJ
Publisher
BMJ
Published
1982-11-20
Volume
285
Issue
6353
Pages
1475-1479
ISSN
  • 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-5833
OpenAlex
W2003832274
Cited by
221
References
17
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FWCI
5.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • BMJ (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
Keywords
perinatal death, perinatal bereavement, grief counseling, postpartum depression, social isolation, marital intimacy, maternal mental health
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Counseling, Family, Female, Fetal Death, Grief, Humans, Infant Mortality, Infant, Newborn, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Professional-Family Relations, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Risk, Stress, Psychological

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