Women's experiences of living with postnatal PTSD.

Unlabelled: the mental health of new mothers is a public health concern as it is likely to have an impact on the mother herself, her close relationships and the behavioural and emotional health of her children. Post-traumatic stress disorder affects some women after childbirth.

Objective: the aim of this study was to explore how women were affected by the memories of a birth that they perceived as traumatic.

A review assessing the current treatment strategies for postnatal psychological morbidity with a focus on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Objective: to conduct a systematic review of randomised controlled trials investigating the efficacy of treatments used to manage postnatal psychological morbidity.

Design: a systematic review was conducted of studies in English published from 1995 to 2011. Studies were included in the review if they were randomised controlled trials and had extractable data on symptoms of psychological morbidity after an intervention designed to manage the disorders in postnatal women.