Netherlands80% of 52 sheltered mothers suffered childhood abuse.
About 6,000 people a year, nearly half of them children, enter shelters in the Netherlands.
Willemien van den Dorpel’s team followed 52 mothers and children up to age 6 for 13 weeks, finding above-average PTSD symptoms.
Van den Dorpel says few interventions with proven effectiveness exist for sheltered parents.
Sources: Phys.org