Psicoterapia mãe-bebê: uma intervenção no contexto da prematuridade

Abstract

The mother-infant interactions are relevant in psychoanalysis for influence in the formation of personality, when attending the baby potential and maternal mental conditions. Prematurity, with admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the mother generate feelings of failure and uncertainties affecting the construction of the primary bond. This study aimed to understand the repercussions of a psychotherapeutic intervention performed with double early mother-infant during admission to NICU, over reflective function and capacity of maternal mentalizing, and the mother-infant interaction. We conducted a qualitative research, intervention, exploratory and descriptive, through multiple case study with two stages: before and after the intervention. Attended two mothers and their premature babies admitted to the NICU of Maternal Child Hospital Presidente Vargas in Porto Alegre, RS. It was used before the intervention, the Socio-Demographic and Clinical Data Sheet, Interview Story of Mother Life and Free Interaction Filming Mother -Baby; and after, History Interview Admission and Free Interaction Filming Mother -Baby. The results showed changes in reflective function and the ability of maternal mentalizing, reflecting directly on the mother-infant interaction. It was concluded that the study helped to implement interventions that address the early relationships premature babies, mothers in the NICU.