PSYCHOLOGY PERFORMANCE WHITH NEONATAL NICU ACCOMPANENTES

Abstract

This article is derived from an internship in an hospital located in Belo Horizonte, Brasil. It's objectives are the comprehension of the labour of psychology in the neonatal intensive care unit, through a combination of theoretical review and case study. Through the case study I delve into essential points of action and comprehension in the development of the activity of Psychology in the field of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The purpose of this article is the development of a practice that fully encompasses the family of the newborn, given the common framework of stress, anxiety and depression that often develops in said situations. To that effect, a social, historic and cultural view of womanhood and maternity will be employed in a way as to build a more accountable, sensitive and humanized approach. It was understood that the exercise of psychology in this environment does and should encompass the woman/mother, the father, the family and the medical staff that surrounds the neonatal pacient, rather than the newborn alone.