THE ORGANIZATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP FOR MOTHERS WITH STILLBIRTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND UKRAINE
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2020.4.11915Keywords:
miscarriage, stillbirth, intrauterine death, grieving parents, psychological support, mental health in obstetrics, UK, UkraineAbstract
Purpose: to illustrate the importance of psychological support to families who experience the loss of their unborn child at any stage of its development.
Materials and Methods The trial is based on experience and practice of multiple NST Trust in North West region of the UK.
Results. The main idea of this article is to illustrate the process of highly qualified and compassionate help British mothers with stillborn receive while inpatient, before and after delivery as well as after being discharged. Once the baby is born, mothers and their families would continue receiving professional psychological support to help them to return to their as much as possible normal life. She would receive multiple consultations and counselling after the events. Occasionally the follow up might last up to 12 months.
The article highlights the importance of exchanging the knowledge and experience between two countries as well as active involvement of other members of multidisciplinary team: midwives, psychologists, obstetricians with a special interest in mental health and general practice doctor who will take over once women is discharged after follow up.
Also the cooperation of British and Ukrainian obstetricians, exchange of knowledge and experience could improve obstetric services and have positive effects on mental health of Ukrainian women and their families who experience pregnancy loss. The further collaboration will help to realize that learning from already established British system of helping mothers who experienced stillbirth could significantly improve Ukrainian obstetric service in the field.
Conclusions. It is important time when Ukraine is undergoing active medical transformation in order to modernize the provision of medical services. By learning from international colleagues Ukrainian medicine could benefit from introducing the positive experience in management and provision of psychological support to women with pregnancy loss regardless of gestation.
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