FEATURES OF EXPERIENCED STRESS IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD

This article describes the phenomenon of motherhood and its significance for modern society. An analysis of literary sources on the topic of psychological adaptation to motherhood is presented. The authors consider the importance and reasons for providing psychological assistance to women during pregnancy. The paper describes the problems of the psychology of motherhood as a scientific approach. The definition of perinatal psychology as an actual theoretical and applied direction is given. The concept of perinatal stress as a general syndrome is considered, as well as the problem of maternal stress as one of the particular manifestations of stress during pregnancy.