Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology: An Update for Mental Health Professionals
| Autor: | Malkah T. Notman, Miriam B. Rosenthal, James Goldfarb |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Psychiatry
Infertility medicine.medical_specialty Assisted reproductive technology medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Delayed onset Reproductive age medicine.disease Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Biological Child Reproductive Techniques Fertility problems medicine Humans Female business Infertility Female Fertility drugs |
| Zdroj: | Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 5:169-172 |
| ISSN: | 1067-3229 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/10673229709000301 |
| Popis: | There are approximately 4.9 million women of reproductive age in the United States who are having difficulty becoming pregnant or having a biological child because of problems with conception or repeated fetal loss.1,2 Not all men and women want children, but for those who do, infertility represents a major life crisis with considerable psychological effects. Much of the current infertility is thought to be due to delayed onset of marriage and childbearing, an increase in sexually transmitted diseases, and possibly environmental toxins.1 As physical causes for infertility have been clarified, new treatments have become available, including fertility drugs, in vitro methods of fertilization, and collaborative reproduction, with ova and sperm donors and/or surrogates to carry pregnancies. Mental health professionals who are working with affected individuals need to be knowledgeable about the physical and psychological conditions causing and resulting from fertility problems and their treatments. In addition... |
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