The conversation about family planning and desire for children in mental healthcare: Patients' perspective versus Professionals' perspective in a mixed methods study.
Noralie N SchonewilleMonique J M van den EijndenRuveyda SahinNini H JonkmanAnne A M W van KempenMaria G van PampusFedde ScheeleOdile A van den HeuvelBirit F P BroekmanPublished in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica (2024)
To increase the autonomy of patients in discussing family planning, we suggest MHPs explore the desire to discuss family planning with all patients in the reproductive phase of life, prior to discussing contraceptive care. MHPs should receive education about psychiatric vulnerability in relation to family planning and desire for children, and patients and close ones should be empowered to initiate a conversation themselves.