Perinatal Psychology

This paper addresses the important questions about the impact of deep emotional issues rooted in the mother’s early childhood on […]

Maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) is a process in which a mother-to-be engages in affiliative behaviors with her unborn child. MFA has

AdultsintheU.S.,fromauniversityorAmazonMechanicalTurk(MTurk),readavignetteaboutawomanexperiencingamiscarriageandansweredquestionsaboutreactionstothevignette,predictionsaboutthesubject’sfuture,demographics,knowledgeofmiscarriage,beliefinajustworld,locusofcontrol,andlikingofchildren.Participantsanticipatedthewoman’sexperienceandfuturedifferentlydependingontheirgender,herstatedage,andwhethershewastryingtobecomepregnant.Morecorrectknowledgeregardingmiscarriagealsowaspredictedbyfemalegender,lessbeliefinajustworld,moreinternallocusofcontrol,andgreaterlikingofchildren.

This article addresses the importance of the words we choose, especially when working with expectant and new mothers and their

Not as much research exists regarding postpartum psychosis as compared to other perinatal mental health disorders, such as postpartum depression.

Abstract: Practicing daily meditation, which I studied at Berkeley Psychic Institute (BPI), intensified my state of consciousness and triggered my

Safe delivery is considered from the point of view of “maternal effects.” We interviewed 158 pregnant women in their third

Although research has identified some clear risk indicators for the onset of postpartum psychosis (PP), little is known about the

Motherhood is a mental organization that includes biological, sociological, and emotional elements that come into being in the mother’s psyche

Using a three-round hybrid Delphi methodology, the current study utilized a panel of “expert” birth professionals (n=20 after three rounds)