Outcomes of structured psychotherapy for emotional adjustment in a childless couple diagnosed with recurrent pregnancy loss: A unique investigation

Losing a much-awaited pregnancy and an unborn child, time and again is known to be a painful experience in recurrent miscarriage or pregnancy loss (RPL). Literature on psychological consequences of RPL is abundant. Nonetheless, application of psychological intervention in RPL remains to be an overlo...

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Published inJournal of human reproductive sciences Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 202 - 207
Main Authors Patel, Ansha, Dinesh, N, Sharma, P, Kumar, Pratap, Binu, V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2018
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Adjustment
Analysis
Anxiety
Case Report
Case studies
Case study
Consent
Coping
counseling
couple
Data processing
emotional distress
Emotions
Evidence-based medicine
Fertility
Health aspects
In vitro fertilization
Infertility
Investigations
Mental depression
Mental health
mindfulness
Mindfulness meditation
Miscarriage
Objectives
Patients
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Psychotherapy
recurrent miscarriages
Stress
Trends
Validity
Case study
couple
counseling
recurrent miscarriages
mindfulness
emotional distress
psychotherapy
infertility
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Summary:Losing a much-awaited pregnancy and an unborn child, time and again is known to be a painful experience in recurrent miscarriage or pregnancy loss (RPL). Literature on psychological consequences of RPL is abundant. Nonetheless, application of psychological intervention in RPL remains to be an overlooked area. Using a repeated measures design and standardized psychological measures, this case study assessed the outcomes of mindfulness-based therapy administered with routine fertility treatment in a couple with the history of recurrent miscarriages and secondary infertility. Data analysis was done using clinically significant change and analysis of graphic trends. Psychotherapy helped the couple initiate a meaningful discourse with the stress following miscarriage, uncertainty of pregnancy, and fertility-related emotional struggles by mindfully transforming stressors into less painful experiences. Control studies on applications of such therapies are needed to provide definitive answers to "what works, for whom, when, and how," with distressed patients experiencing RPL.
ISSN:0974-1208
1998-4766
DOI:10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_127_17