Examining Symptom Clusters of Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Recent studies document posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in women following at-term deliveries with health baby outcomes. However, the notion that childbirth can trigger PTSD remains controversial, and the symptom clusters are mostly unknown. The objective of this study was to examine the clustering of childbirth-induced postpartum PTSD (PP-PTSD) symptoms in comparison to DSM-5 clusters.We examined the symptom presentation of...