RESEARCH_FILE
Alice D. Domar
Domar Center for Mind/Body Health, Boston IVF; Harvard Medical School
Known for:Establishing that infertility-related psychological distress is comparable to that of serious chronic illness
Key findings
- 1993
Using the same standardized symptom checklist (SCL-90R) across six patient groups, finds infertile women's psychological distress statistically equivalent to that of cancer, cardiac-rehabilitation, and hypertension patients. The psychological impact of infertility: a comparison with patients with other medical conditions ↗
- 2007
With Cousineau, argues in a major review that infertility's medical framing had let clinicians overlook its full emotional load — distress, loss of control, stigma, and a disrupted sense of adult life-timing. Psychological Impact of Infertility ↗