A importância do pré-natal psicológico: da gravidez ao puerpério

• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Luciana Pereira de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/2920
• topic: Gravidez; Puerpério; Pré-natal psicológico; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA

Psychological prenatal care is a type of humanized care aimed at welcoming pregnant women, providing a space for guidance about the pregnancy-puerperal cycle, enabling knowledge of the emotional and psychic processes involved in pregnancy, motherhood and the puerperium, offering qualified listening in the face of the demands presented by the pregnant women and their families, with the monitoring and intervention of the psychology professional in the identification of factors and behaviors related to this complex period and of such substantial changes, expanding the care beyond the biological aspects observed during the traditional, obstetric prenatal. Thus, the study developed in this Course Conclusion Paper aims to demonstrate the importance of psychological prenatal care in pregnancy and the puerperium as a way of promoting health and preventing possible maternal mental illness, based on the experiences presented in the gestational process. and puerperal. In this period, women are exposed to greater risks for the appearance of mental disorders compared to other stages of life, because it is a period where the mother's physical and psychosocial defenses are directed at the baby's vulnerability and protection. The insecurities, concerns and fears related to pregnancy, the puerperium, the formation of the bond in the mother-baby dyad, childbirth, motherhood, among others, are issues that can be discussed during psychological prenatal with psychoeducational and psychoprophylactic character. In addition, this work brings a theoretical reflection about some psychological disorders of greater prevalence, such as anxiety disorder, maternal sadness (baby blues) and postpartum depression and some contributions of psychological prenatal care in the face of these difficulties. Bibliographic research was adopted as methodology for the development of this work, through scientific literature, based on the survey of investigative sources such as books and scientific articles, available in electronic journals, periodicals and free public domain sites, which refer to the exposed theme. The study concluded that psychological prenatal care is configured as an important modality of intervention in this moment of transition so significant in the woman's life, in the process of becoming a mother, helping in the psychological and emotional preparation that the period imposes.