Social and Emotional Adjustment Following Early Pregnancy in Young Australian Women: A Comparison of Those Who Terminate, Miscarry, or Complete Pregnancy

Young women who have been pregnant by their mid-twenties report a range of difficulties in social and emotional adjustment that vary across the different pregnancy outcomes. Broad-based psychosocial health care is essential not only for young women whose pregnancies proceed to live birth, but also for those whose pregnancies end with miscarriage or induced abortion.