A study of 170 German women found that 22 percent of women werediagnosed with a psychiatric disorder after abortion, compared to 18 percent of women who gave birth to a baby with very low-birth-weight and 6 percent of women who had a healthy full-term pregnancy. The abortions took place in the second or third trimester after an adverse diagnosis was given. The women in the study were interviewed by mental health clinicians at 14 days, 6 months and 14 months after the end of the pregnancy. While the three groups of women "did not differ significantly" on psychiatric disorders prior to abortion or delivery, the researchers noted a difference afterwards, with women who had abortions having the highest rates of psychiatric disorders. The disorders found among women who had abortions included acute stress disorders, eating disorders, affective disorders and anxiety disorders, with depression and anxiety predominating over time. Just over 64 percent of aborting women in the study developed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Archives of Women's Mental Health
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