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Screening For Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using The City Birth Trauma Scale: A Pilot Project, Meredith Kazato May 2022

Screening For Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using The City Birth Trauma Scale: A Pilot Project, Meredith Kazato

Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to identify birthing people with childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) symptoms using the City Birth Trauma Scale (CBTS). Once identified, at risk birthing people will receive verbal education about CB-PTSD and a social work consultation, if necessary.

Background: A birth is deemed traumatic, and thus fulfills one of eight criteria of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), when during labor, delivery, and/or immediately postpartum, the birthing person perceives themselves and/or their baby’s life to be in danger and/or are at risk of being critically injured. These events include but are not limited to emergency cesarean …