Assistência psíquica no pré-natal

Abstract

During pregnancy, a period of physical, hormonal and psychological changes, can occur psychological disorders, causing damages not only to maternal health but it can compromise the quality in the mother/baby relationship. So, this bibliographical research has as a goal to identify in the Brazilian scientific literature the orientations and interventions related to the pregnant mental health and also in relation to the conceptus in the prenatal. For this it was used, in March of 2011, the SciELO database, in the period between 2005 and 2010. Thirty productions were selected and subsequently categorized defining the subject systematization. As some results stand out many studies that report emotional problems, as depression, anxiety, alcohol use, self-esteem problems during pregnancy and puerperium, besides studies that mark the consequences of this lack of maternal welfare in the mother/baby relationship and that will interfere on the kid’s development. It was also observed a scarcity of orientations related to the psychological aspects involved on the baby’s structure and the lack of standardization on the emotional aspects with the treatment of the pregnant. The professionals that are involved with the orientations and that try to control these psychological questions are mostly of the medical and nursing areas. It is understood that women’s health policies, specifically in the prenatal, should be improved, giving more relevance to the aspects of the pregnant mental health, capable to provide quality on the emotional aspects and consequently on the kids’ psychological structuring.