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Acute Stress Disorder Among Parents of Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery

Received, accepted January 26, 2005. From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Richard Shaw, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94305-5719. e-mail: rjshaw{at}Stanford.edu

The authors examined the prevalence of acute stress disorder (ASD) in parents of infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Forty parents were assessed after the birth of their infants. Parents completed self-report measures of ASD, parental stress, family environment, and coping style: 28% of parents developed symptoms of ASD. ASD was associated with female gender, alteration in parental role, family cohesiveness, and emotional restraint. Family environment and parental coping style are significantly associated with the development of trauma symptoms. Results from this study suggest potential interventions to help minimize psychological distress in parents.

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