Assessment of Childbirth-Related PTSD: Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the City Birth Trauma Scale

Assessment of Childbirth-Related PTSD: Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the City Birth Trauma Scale

Background: About 3–4% of women in community samples suffer from childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Surprisingly, the recently developed City Birth Trauma Scale (City BiTS) was the first diagnostic tool for childbirth-related PTSD covering DSM-5 criteria for PTSD. Since no ques...

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Main Authors: Tobias Weigl, Franziska Marie Lea Beck-Hiestermann, Nikola Maria Stenzel, Sven Benson, Manfred Schedlowski, Susan Garthus-Niegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
posttraumatic stress disorder
childbirth
mothers
perinatal mental health
questionnaire
DSM-5
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.731537/full

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