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The history of psychology in infertility medicine can be summarized in 3 stages: 1. The Psychogenic Infertility Model (1940s) viewed infertility as a psychic conflict, but lacked evidence. It originated myths and focused only on women. 2. The Psychological Sequelae Model (1977) highlighted negative effects of infertility but focused too much on grief versus practical support. 3. The Evidence-Based Medicine approach (2003) evaluated interventions and found a lack of specificity and that only 20% of pati
- Author
- Stela Penkova
- Language
- EN