%0 Journal Article %T Estudio descriptivo de un grupo psicoterap¨¦utico de pacientes obst¨¦tricas con trastorno mental %A Esp¨ªndola-Hern¨¢ndez %A Jos¨¦ Gabriel %A Morales-Carmona %A Francisco %A D¨ªaz-Franco %A Edgar %A Meza-Rodr¨ªguez %A Pilar %A S¨¢nchez-Bravo %A Claudia %A Carre£¿o-Mel¨¦ndez %A Jorge %A Escalante-Varela %A Alejandro %A Ibarra Medina-Mora %A Anna %A Brull-Jim¨¦nez %A Ana Laura %J Perinatolog¨ªa y reproducci¨®n humana %D 2006 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X introduction: pregnancy and postpartum are considered high risk factors for the development of psychopathologies. suffering a mental disorder previous pregnancy constitutes a high risk perinatal factor, which requires psychological attention. objective: present the results of psychological attention group with focalized, brief and specific objectives. results: the most common mental disorder within the sample was depression followed by bipolar, anxiety, personality and addiction respectively. it is important to mention that 9 out of the 24 patients had suicidal ideation the month previous to her pregnancy, 5 of them had at least one suicidal attempt. during the psychotherapy process or hospitalization, none of the patients in the sample, tried to commit suicide, neither the 9 patients with depression presented postpartum depression, only one patient of the whole sample presented self-harm. brief group psychotherapy and combined treatment were effective to manage the symptoms of the patients. %K pregnancy %K psychotherapy %K group %K mental disorders %K treatment. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0187-53372006000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en