PTSD as a pre-disposing factor for drug misuse in pregnant women
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Examining Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a pre-disposing factor for substance misuse in pregnant women.
IRAS ID
126757
Contact name
Marianne Cutler
Contact email
Research summary
100 sets of notes will be accessed of pregnant women that have disclosed using illicit drugs and used to fill in 3 questionnaires. One providing demographic and social details, one a drug scoring form to assess the prevalence of the drug use and one a Post Truamatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)scoring sheet to asses if any PTSD present and if so what level. 25 of these 100 women will then be interviewed. This will be an in-depth interview allowing the woman time to talk about her experiences and thought processes.
REC name
East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/EM/1054
Date of REC Opinion
7 Jul 2014
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion