A close-up look at the Dekel Lab, which is working to understand more about the psychiatry of childbirth.
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Global Health, HIV & AIDS, Infectious Disease, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 2 May, 2019 | 0
Young women and expecting mothers are one of the most-affected groups, and research has shown that HIV/AIDS can significantly increase the chances of both maternal deaths and still births. One Massachusetts General Hospital Discovery Foundation Fellow has witnessed the disease’s impact first-hand and is determined to help and give back to her community.
Sharon Dekel, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Harvard Medical School and a researcher and psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, is studying childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD), a condition that may affect as many as 5-11% of postpartum women.