title: Creating a collaborative model of mental health counseling for the future.
abstract: Infertility patients report high levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms, leading to a variety of challenges for the health care team. These include the impact of patient distress on nurses and physicians, patient treatment termination, and potentially lower pregnancy rates. Integrating a mental health professional into the infertility treatment team has the potential to lower distress for patients, support staff, and clinicians, leading to increased patient retention and an easier working environment.
authors.affiliation: Domar Center for Mind/Body Health, Boston IVF, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Waltham, Massachusetts. Electronic address: domar@domarcenter.com.
authors.forename: Alice D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Domar
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Infertility; anxiety; depression; integrative care; mental health professional