title: Critical issues in psychiatry and reproduction.
abstract: In addition to their traditional role in counseling about contraception and sterilization, psychiatrists are becoming increasingly involved in decisions surrounding in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, and artificial insemination. The medical-legal and ethical ramifications of these issues are other significant areas involving the psychiatrist. Exploration of feelings and fears about reproduction can benefit from psychiatric involvement for successful outcomes.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011570:Psychiatry; D012098:Reproduction