Clinicians should consider the possible complications of multiple pregnancies with regards to mental health postpartum, emotional distress, and possible marital problems, as well as the influence of personality characteristics, sociodemographic factors, and family functioning, on the mental health of parents and offspring regardless of the number of children born (Boivin et al., 2005; Golombok et al., 2007; Spinelli et al., 2013; Noy et al., 2014; Wenze et al., 2015; van den Akker et al., 2016; Anderson et al., 2017; De Roose et al., 2018; Porat-Zyman et al., 2018). | Strong⊕⊕○○ |
The GDG recommends that information on possible psychosocial complications should be provided to patients at the treatment planning stage. | GPP |