Trauma therapy may ease distress for mothers of preemies

By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A type of therapy developed to treat victims of military trauma can help ease distress and depression among mothers of babies born prematurely, a new study finds. “Having a premature birth is an extremely traumatic event for the parents of that child and it’s really important that their emotional issues be recognized and addressed in some format or another,” said lead author Dr. Richard Shaw of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California. …