[Desire for a child: a mad passion?].
Could the desire for having a baby be considered as a pathological state? Indeed this desire is the most legitimate expression of a human being and must not be questioned. Nevertheless, as professionals, we are in a position to ask if any kind of solicitation concerning Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) would be well-grounded. As a matter of fact, we stand quite often on the front line when facing the growing demands of a population, which rightly embodies the great strides in the medical field after having integrated every restraint of a once mortal chronic disease. What methods linked to psychodynamic clinic can we use in order to take care of an unsatisfied infantile wish dressed up in a mask of a passionate wish of having a baby?
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Service de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, pavillon Benjamin-Delessert, groupe hospitalier de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, université Paris-VI, APHP, 83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. rosenblouriel@noos.fr
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000523:psychology*