Psychological impact of infertility

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-308

  Cousineau, Tara M ^b   Domar, Alice D ^a  

^a BOSTON IVF   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

counseling (counselling); infertility; mental health; stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947598886     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2006.12.003     Document Type: Review

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