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Good practice guidelines may actually do mothers more harm than good.(Brief Article)
2002 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a U.K. study in the July 13, 2002, issue of the Lancet suggest that guidelines introduced in the 1980s to help mothers overcome the death of a stillborn child do not appear to reduce symptoms of grief, and may actually traumatize some mothers.
Stillbirth occurs in around 0.5% of births in more-developed countries. U.K. guidelines were changed in 1985, recommending that mothers should see and hold their stillborn child to help them come to terms with their loss. Patricia Hughes and colleagues from St. George's Hospital, London, assessed whether adherence to the current guidelines was associated with beneficial effects on the psychological health of the mother and next-born child.
The study assessed 65 women who were pregnant for the second time after a previous stillbirth. Depression occurred in 39% of women who saw and held their stillborn infant, compared with 21% of women who only saw the infant; only 6% of those women ...
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