The Role of Psychological and Psychopathological Factors in the Genesis of Idiopathic Infertility
https://doi.org/10.30629/2618-6667-2022-20-1-110-119
Abstract
Objective: to present different views on the etiology and pathogenesis of idiopathic infertility in women.
Material and methods: according to the key words “idiopathic infertility”, “psychogenic infertility”, “unspecified infertility”, “psychosomatics:”, “psychoendocrinology”, a search was conducted for publications in the databases Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, RSCI and other resources from the first half of the twentieth century to the present.
Conclusion: there are two approaches to the problem of idiopathic infertility: from obstetric-gynecological and psychological-psychiatric positions. The reproductive function and the development of infertility are influenced by premorbid personality traits, psychogenic factors, emotional stress, mental illnesses. In recent decades, studies of the relationship and mutual influence of a woman’s mental state and her reproductive function have been updated.
About the Authors
N. A. Tyuvina
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nina A. Tyuvina, Professor, Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Department of Psychiatry and Narcology
Moscow
A. O. Nikolaevskaya
Kursk State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Angelina O. Nikolaevskaya, Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Department of Psychiatry and Psychosomatics
Kursk
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Tyuvina N.A., Nikolaevskaya A.O. The Role of Psychological and Psychopathological Factors in the Genesis of Idiopathic Infertility. Psychiatry (Moscow) (Psikhiatriya). 2022;20(1):110-119. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30629/2618-6667-2022-20-1-110-119
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