Dados do Trabalho

Title

What is the role of psychoeducation when assisted reproduction is a resource for family building?

Objective

Objective: Desiring to have children and dealing with difficulties and/or the inability to conceive stirs up a mix of emotions. This study aims to analyze emotional responses of couples facing infertility while undergoing reproductive treatments, evaluating the impact of their experiences on marital, social, and familial relationships. In the diagnosis of infertility, psychoeducation aims to help patients express their fears, fantasies, and concerns, providing consistent support to both patients and the multidisciplinary team, minimizing the stress arising from conflicts related to choices, doubts, and uncertainties during the process. Psychoeducation plays a crucial role in supporting patients, fostering communication between partners, and offering strategies so they can adapt to the treatment and be prepared for accepting or not the technique used. Infertility and its treatments present opportunities for psychoeducation to be carried out from the initial consultation to the final result, as there are several moments where clarification, support, discussion, and reflection on various issues that arise along the way are necessary. In the context of infertility, the medical team and psychological support should prioritize the individual over the problem, enabling the identification of psychosocial aspects that act as causes and effects of the individual’s health and psychological conditions. Through psychoeducation, both for the professional team and the patients, there is space and time to look, listen, reflect, go beyond the problem, give it another meaning, and become informed about available options.

Methods

Method: The reviewed articles were obtained from international databases: PubMed, Scientific Electronic and Library Online. The inclusion criteria were: literature published in national or foreign language, with the selection of 6 eligible bibliographies for the study, which aimed to clarify the importance of psychoeducational work in the complex context of assisted reproduction.

Results

Results: The results of this study are organized based on research articles related to the topic, exploring experiences and emotional coping mechanisms related to parenthood, aiming to dissociate the conscious demand to have a child, and the unconscious desire that influences subjective production, manifesting in the desire for parenthood and its implications.

Conclusion

Conclusion: It is evident that the benefits of psychoeducation extend beyond commitment to treatment, also encompassing the reduction of anxiety and a better understanding of the choice to have children through assisted reproduction, which suggests that psychosocial interventions promote reflection, favoring the reinterpretation of certain beliefs and enhancing the coping process amidst the difficulties experienced during treatment.

Keywords

Keywords: Psychoeducation; Assisted reproduction; Psychosocial aspects.