Specific features of distress in couples using preimplantation genetic diagnostics as an assisted reproductive technology and possible strategies for psychological work with such couples

Zufman Anna

The article reviews studies on the specifics of psychological responses to the use of preimplantation genetic diagnostics (PDG) in patients and their partners, in particular, significant differences between the experience of passing through PGD and the experience of using other reproductive technologies (for example, in vitro fertilization). The specificities of experiences of stress in couples who choose PGD will ensure quality psychological support such couples at all stages of treatment to predict the individual risk of distress and related mental complications, to improve the efficiency of the process of medical information to potential patients, to avoid acute and delayed stress reaction, and in the future to improve the mental health of the citizens, faced with infertility and the risk of having children with severe chromosomal and genetic diseases.

Keywords:preimplantation genetic diagnostics, assisted reproductive technologies, miscarriage, psychological well-being of mothers, decisionmaking stress, in vitro fertilization.