Psychoanalytic Aspects of Assisted Reproductive Technology

Mann, Mali

Introduction -- Clinical Perspectives -- Psychoanalytic understanding of repeated in-vitro fertilisation trials, failures, and repetition compulsion -- Family complexes and oedipal circles: mothers, fathers, babies, donors, and surrogates -- Psychoanalytic treatment of anxiety related to motherhood and the use of assisted reproductive technology -- Egg donors and sperm donors: parental identity formation -- Infertility, trauma, and assisted reproductive technology: psychoanalytic perspectives -- Conclusion -- Assisted reproduction as explored in the Kids Are All Right