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Abuse Bibliography


Easy Steps to a Safer Pregnancy - View e-book or Download PDF - FREE!
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Other excellent resources about avoiding toxins during pregnancy

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When Survivors Give Birth:
Counseling Skills and Strategies to Assist Pregnant Survivors of
Childhood Sexual Abuse in Preparing for Birth
Penny Simkin, PT
Bibliography
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Burian J. "Helping survivors of sexual abuse through labor," MCN-The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. 20(5):252-256, Sep/Oct 1995.

Capacchione L, Bardsley S. Creating a Joyful Birth Experience: Developing a partnership with your unborn child for healthy pregnancy, labor, and early parenting. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Chase T. When Rabbit Howls. New York: Jove, 1990.

Chu JA and Dill DL. "Dissociative symptoms in relation to childhood physical and sexual abuse," American Journal of Psychiatry. 147(7): 887-892, July 1990.

Courtois CA and Riley CC. "Pregnancy and childbirth as triggers for abuse memories: implications for care," Birth. 19(4): 222-223, December 1992.

Davis L and Bass E. Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. New York: Harper & Row, 1994.

Draucker CB. Counseling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. London: SAGE Publications, 1992.

Grant LJ. "Effects of childhood sexual abuse: issues for obstetric caregivers," Birth. 19(4): 220-221, December 1992.

Greenwood CL, Tangalos EG and Maruta T. "Prevalence of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and concurrent traumatic life events in a general medical population," Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 65(8): 1067-1071, August 1990.

Herman JL. Trauma and Recovery. New York: BasicBooks, 1992.

Holz KA, "A practical approach to clients who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse," Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. 39(1):13-18, Jan/Feb 1994.

Jehu D. Beyond Sexual Abuse: Therapy with Women Who Were Childhood Victims. Chichester: Wiley, 1988.

Kitzinger JV. "Counteracting, not reenacting, the violation of women's bodies: the challenge for perinatal caregivers," Birth. 19(4): 219-220, December 1992.

Kluft RP (ed.) Incest-Related Syndromes of Adult Psychopathology. London: American Psychiatric Press, 1990.

Lipp D. "Mothering after incest," Mothering. 115-121, Spring 1992.

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Matsakis A. I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 1992.

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Parratt J. "The experience of childbirth for survivors of incest," Midwifery. 10: 26-39, 1994.

Peterson G. An Easier Childbirth: A Mother's Workbook for Health and Emotional Well-Being during Pregnancy and Delivery. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.

Rapkin AJ, Kames LD, Darke LL, et al. "History of physical and sexual abuse in women with chronic pelvic pain," Obstetrics and Gynecology. 76(1): 92-96, July 1990.

Rhodes N and Hutchison S. "Labor experiences of childhood sexual abuse survivors," Birth. 21(4): 213-220, Dec. 1994.

Rose A. "Effects of childhood sexual abuse on childbirth: one woman's story," Birth. 19(4): 214-218, December 1992.

Russell DEH. "The prevalence of sexual assault on females in the United States," Reproductive Life: Advances in Research in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Wijma K and von Schoultz B (eds.), 1992.

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Simkin P. "Overcoming the legacy of childhood sexual abuse: the role of caregivers and childbirth educators," Birth. 19(4): 224-225, December 1992.

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