Acompanhamento psicológico durante o pré-natal: revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

Pregnancy is a unique experience in a woman's life, which causes physical, psychological, hormonal and social changes, and interferes both in the woman's individual psychic dynamics and in her other relationships. Considering that traditional prenatal care based only on technical skills and which privileges the biological dimension is insufficient to understand the processes that permeate this period, psychological monitoring is suggested to act as a complementary care. This work aims to identify and analyze Brazilian academic productions about psychological support during prenatal care, as well as to identify the benefits and contributions of psychological support during the pregnancy period and to know the similarities and divergences in the academic production on the subject. This is a systematic literature review, using the SciELO, CAPES and VHL databases, with the following descriptors: “Psychological follow-up AND pregnancy”; “Psychological follow-up AND prenatal care”; “Prenatal AND Psychology”. The final sample consisted of fifteen articles, with the largest publication in 2013 and in the Southeast region, with the composition of the authors being almost exclusively women. The main issues addressed and studied in the sample were organized into five thematic categories: traditional prenatal care and its limitations; psychological aspects and risk factors of pregnancy; types of psychological support during prenatal care; the family support network; contributions of psychological support during prenatal care. It is concluded that physical and emotional health are inseparable during the pregnancy-puerperal period, making it necessary to have psychological support during prenatal care.