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Doctors: Talk Therapy Newest Hope for Treating One Physical Side Effect of Holiday Blues
Date:12/13/2007

Recent study suggests the right form of counseling can reverse seasonal

stress-related infertility

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians at Indiana's largest group of reproductive medical specialists are encouraged by new research pointing toward an age-old but often overlooked treatment for one annual healthcare phenomenon -- the year-end holiday blues, which doctors say can actually have physical effects on the body's reproductive system.

According to mental health counselors, many couples unable to conceive anticipate the holidays with dread. "For them, the end of the year becomes another marker in their inability to have children," said Deidra T. Rausch, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., an Indiana counselor specializing in infertility. "Plus, the seasonal emphasis on family can become a painful reminder of their ongoing struggles."

Fertility physicians believe that reducing stress is key for many infertility patients, with potential for both mental and physical benefits. On the physical side, stress signals the pituitary gland that the body is in trouble, said Laura Reuter, M.D., medical director at Midwest Fertility Specialists.

"This can slow the release of the luteinizing hormone, which in turn triggers ovulation," Reuter said. "Even if ovulation occurs, a shortage of the luteinizing hormone could mean a lower level of progesterone, a hormone necessary to nourish and sustain an embryo's implantation and early development."

However, now comes scientific evidence strongly supporting a common treatment that may be under-utilized: talk therapy. Research from Emory University presented at a major European fertility conference in Prague showed that stress-related infertility could be reversed with such therapy. Among those who participated in a course of cognitive behavior therapy and relaxation techniques, six of the eight women regained full fertility, with one showing some signs of restored ovarian fu
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