Estudio descriptivo de un grupo psicoterapéutico de pacientes obstétricas con trastorno mental

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.