[Which psychological support for couples seeking medical assistance for procreation?].
OBJECTIVE
The objective of our qualitative study was to define modalities of psychological support to be offered to couples seeking medically assisted procreation.


METHODS
Forty couples participated in a semi-structured videotaped interview, which touched on themes such as personal and family histories, the couple's relationship, etc. We focused on the "narrative mobility", that is the way in which the couples transmit their personal and family history during the interview and the interviewer's impression that he may or may not share this with the couples.


RESULTS
Observed differences in narrative mobility led us to distinguish three groups of couples and to propose various types of psychological support.


CONCLUSIONS
This exploratory study, with its interest for the narrative mobility, concerns the couples' capacity to stand back from their own story as responsible interlocutors. We made the hypothesis that this capacity is linked to their capacity to handle their emotional stress, to act as partners to the medical team and to prepare themselves for their future parenthood.
Darwiche
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Service de psychiatrie de liaison, département universitaire de psychiatrie adulte, Les Allières, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse. joelle.darwiche@inst.hospvd.ch
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D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014743:Videotape Recording