2002
DOI: 10.1516/4089-jbcw-ynt8-qtcm
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Psychoanalysis and infertility myths and realities

Abstract: Psychoanalysis, long interested in infertility, and a valuable treatment for men and women suffering with this affliction, has also helped to create and support a myth of psychogenic infertility. Multiple causes of infertility exist across the physiological ‐ psychological spectrum. There is no simple psychodynamic causality. Advances in assisted reproductive technologies provide treatments that create emotional stress and outpace psychological preparedness of patients and analysts. This paper is based on the … Show more

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“…In fact, psychological test profile of women with chronic infertility is similar to psychological profile of patients with cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, chronic pain, or HIV infection. Feelings of grief, anxiety, frustration, depression, anger, feeling of emptiness, magical thinking, and envy people who have children, are common reactions that emerge following the denial of parenthood (Apfel, & Keylor, 2002).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In fact, psychological test profile of women with chronic infertility is similar to psychological profile of patients with cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, chronic pain, or HIV infection. Feelings of grief, anxiety, frustration, depression, anger, feeling of emptiness, magical thinking, and envy people who have children, are common reactions that emerge following the denial of parenthood (Apfel, & Keylor, 2002).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…12 Reprodução assistida e envelhecimento ovariano O estilo de vida moderno, com grande participação da mulher no mercado de trabalho que leva à postergação do desejo procriativo, resulta numa procura por tratamento cada vez maior de casais com idade avanç ada. 13 De fato, mulheres com mais de 38 anos tendem a apresentar baixa contagem de folí-culos antrais (reserva ovariana reduzida) e têm prognóstico mais reservado mesmo com técnicas modernas de reprodução assistida. 3 Na tentativa de se alterar esse quadro e melhorar a quantidade de folículos recrutáveis, pesquisadores tentaram mimetizar um ambiente hormonal hiperandrogênico.…”
Section: Avaliação Da Reserva Ovarianaunclassified
“…No entanto, menos de 5% dos casais inférteis carecem de causa física para a infertilidade, e esse número vem decrescendo à medida que o conhecimento médico avança. A relação entre estados psíquicos e funções fisiológicas é de enorme complexidade, e não há uma relação causal simples e linear 13 . É importante considerarmos, também, os conflitos presentes nos casais que concebem naturalmente, pois talvez conflitos semelhantes sejam observados.…”
Section: Aspectos Psicológicosunclassified