Internal picture of infertility in patients with reproductive health disorders
https://doi.org/10.24884/2219-8245-2025-17-3-15-29
Abstract
The article considers the structure and content of the internal picture of infertility in patients with reproductive health disorders from the standpoint of the domestic concept of the internal picture of the disease, the theory of functional systems and modern reproductive psychology. The differences in the internal picture of infertility compared to the internal picture of the disease in somatic diseases, as well as the internal picture of treatment and the model of the result of infertility treatment are discussed: infertility does not affect the general health and does not threaten the life of the patient, does not limit the life and satisfaction of individual needs of a person, is a problem of a couple, not an individual, in the treatment of infertility, the therapeutic load for a woman is significantly higher than for a man, regardless of the combination of reproductive health disorders in the couple. The features of the sensory, emotional, cognitive and motivational-behavioral components of the internal picture of infertility of the patient and the difference in their content from the external picture of infertility available to the doctor, the picture of treatment and the model of the treatment result are described. The complex structure of motivation for infertility treatment is discussed, including two components: overcoming infertility as one's own reproductive inferiority and overcoming childlessness as the birth of a child and the transition to parenthood. The need for research into the variants of the internal picture of infertility, the internal picture of treatment and the model of treatment outcome in different groups of patients, as well as when using assisted reproductive technologies, is substantiated.
About the Author
G. G. Filippova
«Институт перинатальной и репродуктивной психологии»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Filippova G. G., Doctor of Psychological Science, professor, Rector of the Institute of perinatal and reproductive psychology
Moscow
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Filippova G.G. Internal picture of infertility in patients with reproductive health disorders. Medical Psychology in Russia. 2025;17(3):15-29. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/2219-8245-2025-17-3-15-29
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