Break Free from Maternal Anxiety A Self-Help Guide for Pregnancy, Birth and the First Postnatal Year
Book contents
- Reviews
- Break Free from Maternal Anxiety
- Break Free from Maternal Anxiety
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Authors
- How to Use This Book
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Persistent and Distressing Worry
- 3 Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts of Harm (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
- 4 Specific Phobias Affecting Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period
- 5 Panic Attacks and Health Worries
- 6 Feeling Anxious Around Other People
- 7 Coping with Traumatic Experiences While Pregnant and After Birth
- 8 Anxiety About Pregnancy and Birth
- 9 Anxiety and Adjusting to Motherhood
- 10 Beyond the Perinatal Period: Taking Your New Skills Forward into Parenthood
- Appendices
- References and Resources
- Selected Resources (A Complete List Can Be Found Online)
- Index
- References
References and Resources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2022
Book contents
- Reviews
- Break Free from Maternal Anxiety
- Break Free from Maternal Anxiety
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Authors
- How to Use This Book
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Persistent and Distressing Worry
- 3 Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts of Harm (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
- 4 Specific Phobias Affecting Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period
- 5 Panic Attacks and Health Worries
- 6 Feeling Anxious Around Other People
- 7 Coping with Traumatic Experiences While Pregnant and After Birth
- 8 Anxiety About Pregnancy and Birth
- 9 Anxiety and Adjusting to Motherhood
- 10 Beyond the Perinatal Period: Taking Your New Skills Forward into Parenthood
- Appendices
- References and Resources
- Selected Resources (A Complete List Can Be Found Online)
- Index
- References
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Arch, J. J., Dimidjian, S., & Chessick, C. (2012). Are exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapies safe during pregnancy? Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 15, 445–457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-012-0308-9CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Glover, V., & Capron, L. (2017). Prenatal parenting. Current Opinion in Psychology, 15, 66–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.02.007CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Stein, A., Craske, M. G., Lehtonen, A., et al. (2012). Maternal cognitions and mother-infant interaction in postnatal depression and generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121(4), 795–809.Google Scholar
Challacombe, F., Feldmann, P., Lehtonen, A., et al. (2007). Anxiety and interpretation of ambiguous events in the postnatal period: an exploratory study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 35(4), 495–500.Google Scholar
Fairbrother, N., & Woody, S. R. (2008). New mothers’ thoughts of harm related to the newborn. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 11(3), 221–229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-008-0016-7Google Scholar
Leckman, J., Mayes, L., Feldman, R., et al. (1999). Early parental preoccupations and behaviors and their possible relationship to the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Supplementum, 100(Suppl. 396), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10951.xGoogle Scholar
Barrett, R., Wroe, A. L., & Challacombe, F. L. (2016). Context is everything: an investigation of responsibility beliefs and interpretations and the relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptomatology across the perinatal period. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 44(3), 318–330. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465815000545Google Scholar
Fairbrother, N., Collardeau, F., Albert, A. Y. K., et al. (2021). High prevalence and incidence of obsessive-compulsive disorder among women across pregnancy and the postpartum. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 82(2), 20m13398. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.20m13398Google ScholarPubMed
Guglielmi, V., Vulink, N. C., Denys, D., et al. (2014). Obsessive-compulsive disorder and female reproductive cycle events: results from the OCD and reproduction collaborative study. Depression and Anxiety, 31(12), 979–987. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22234Google Scholar
Ost, L. G., & Sterner, U. (1987). Applied tension: a specific behavioral method for treatment of blood phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 25(1), 25–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(87)90111-2Google Scholar
Lilliecreutz, C., Josefsson, A., & Sydsjo, G. (2010). An open trial with cognitive behavioral therapy for blood- and injection phobia in pregnant women: a group intervention program. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 13(3), 259–265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-009-0126-xGoogle Scholar
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2. Zambaldi, C. F., Cantilino, A., & Sougey, E. B. (2011). Bio-socio-demographic factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder in a sample of postpartum Brazilian women. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 14, 435–439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-011-0224-4CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chandra, P. S., & Nanjundaswamy, M. H. (2020). Pregnancy-specific anxiety: an under-recognized problem. World Psychiatry, 19(3), 336–337. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20781CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Slade, P., Balling, K., Sheen, K., & Houghton, G. (2019). Establishing a valid construct of fear of childbirth: findings from in-depth interviews with women and midwives. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19(1), 96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2241-7Google Scholar
Pearson, R., & Lewis, M. B. (2005). Fear recognition across the menstrual cycle. Hormones and Behavior, 47(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.003CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Challacombe, F. L., Salkovskis, P.M., Woolgar, M., et al. (2017). A pilot randomized controlled trial of time-intensive cognitive-behaviour therapy for postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder: effects on maternal symptoms, mother-infant interactions and attachment. Psychological Medicine, 47(8), 1478–1488.Google Scholar
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Dennis, C., Falah-Hassani, K., & Shiri, R. (2017). Prevalence of antenatal and postnatal anxiety: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 210(5), 315–323. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.116.187179CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Arch, J. J., Dimidjian, S., & Chessick, C. (2012). Are exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapies safe during pregnancy? Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 15, 445–457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-012-0308-9CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Glover, V., & Capron, L. (2017). Prenatal parenting. Current Opinion in Psychology, 15, 66–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.02.007CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Stein, A., Craske, M. G., Lehtonen, A., et al. (2012). Maternal cognitions and mother-infant interaction in postnatal depression and generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121(4), 795–809.Google Scholar
Challacombe, F., Feldmann, P., Lehtonen, A., et al. (2007). Anxiety and interpretation of ambiguous events in the postnatal period: an exploratory study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 35(4), 495–500.Google Scholar
Fairbrother, N., & Woody, S. R. (2008). New mothers’ thoughts of harm related to the newborn. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 11(3), 221–229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-008-0016-7Google Scholar
Leckman, J., Mayes, L., Feldman, R., et al. (1999). Early parental preoccupations and behaviors and their possible relationship to the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Supplementum, 100(Suppl. 396), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10951.xGoogle Scholar
Barrett, R., Wroe, A. L., & Challacombe, F. L. (2016). Context is everything: an investigation of responsibility beliefs and interpretations and the relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptomatology across the perinatal period. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 44(3), 318–330. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465815000545Google Scholar
Fairbrother, N., Collardeau, F., Albert, A. Y. K., et al. (2021). High prevalence and incidence of obsessive-compulsive disorder among women across pregnancy and the postpartum. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 82(2), 20m13398. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.20m13398Google ScholarPubMed
Guglielmi, V., Vulink, N. C., Denys, D., et al. (2014). Obsessive-compulsive disorder and female reproductive cycle events: results from the OCD and reproduction collaborative study. Depression and Anxiety, 31(12), 979–987. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22234Google Scholar
Ost, L. G., & Sterner, U. (1987). Applied tension: a specific behavioral method for treatment of blood phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 25(1), 25–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(87)90111-2Google Scholar
Lilliecreutz, C., Josefsson, A., & Sydsjo, G. (2010). An open trial with cognitive behavioral therapy for blood- and injection phobia in pregnant women: a group intervention program. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 13(3), 259–265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-009-0126-xGoogle Scholar
1. Farren, J., Jalmbrant, M., & Ameye, L., et al. (2016). Post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression following miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 6, e011864. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011864Google Scholar
2. Zambaldi, C. F., Cantilino, A., & Sougey, E. B. (2011). Bio-socio-demographic factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder in a sample of postpartum Brazilian women. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 14, 435–439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-011-0224-4CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chandra, P. S., & Nanjundaswamy, M. H. (2020). Pregnancy-specific anxiety: an under-recognized problem. World Psychiatry, 19(3), 336–337. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20781CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nath, S, Lewis, L. N., Bick, D., et al. (2021). Mental health problems and fear of childbirth: a cohort study of women in an inner-city maternity service. Birth, 48, 230–241. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12532Google Scholar
Slade, P., Balling, K., Sheen, K., & Houghton, G. (2019). Establishing a valid construct of fear of childbirth: findings from in-depth interviews with women and midwives. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19(1), 96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2241-7Google Scholar
Pearson, R., & Lewis, M. B. (2005). Fear recognition across the menstrual cycle. Hormones and Behavior, 47(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.003CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Challacombe, F. L., Salkovskis, P.M., Woolgar, M., et al. (2017). A pilot randomized controlled trial of time-intensive cognitive-behaviour therapy for postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder: effects on maternal symptoms, mother-infant interactions and attachment. Psychological Medicine, 47(8), 1478–1488.Google Scholar