The thesis focuses on the psychological aspects of risk pregnancy perception. The primary objective of the thesis is to deal with the various aspects of the risk pregnancy experience and analyze the importance of psychological support. The work is divided into theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part explains the terms of physiological pregnancy and risk pregnancy in the broader context and describes the basic psychological concepts related to the topic. In the empirical part specified and justified hypothesis are presented together with the selected way of measuring data questionnaire method, data processing and analysis. There is presented a detailed analysis of responses from the survey including interpretation of the results. The conclusion is a summary of all the previous parts. There is addressed verification of hypotheses and objectives of the thesis. The problems in the process of creation of the thesis are outlined and benefits and utility work in practice are explained. The research results showed the importance and significance of psychological support during risk pregnancy. The thesis proved that emotional support can be found in multiple sources, but the greatest support for risk pregnant women is represented by husband or partner. It was also showed that there are many sources of information and risk pregnant women are interested in them. Understanding the whole situation is crucial for the acceptance of all restrictions and treatment recommendations that relate to the situation. And all these factors - psychological support, information and understanding of the situation - will ultimately have a positive impact on the overall psychological state of risk pregnant women.

Background: Today breast cancer is most common form of cancer related diseases among women. It has been shown that the disease may result in mental suffering.  Aim: To review what kind of psychological support for mental illness that women with breast cancer experience most effective. Method: This study was made as a descriptive study. To answer the issues of this study 15 original articles was used. To find relevant articles the authors used the two databases CINAHL and PubMed. Results: All studies that examined different kinds of relaxation methods showed significant positive effect on the variables anxiety, distress and depression. Out of the three articles that concerned physical training there was one that found significant improvements in the categories anxiety and depression. The study that investigated massage as a method to promote psychological wellbeing showed an improvement in quality of life and relaxation. Four studies viewed the effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Of those three showed that CBT did have a positive effect on psychological wellbeing. Four studies tested whether support groups had effect on psychological health. One of the studies demonstrated that this kind of intervention could lower the amount of suppressed feelings. None of the studies that examined educational interventions showed any significant effects. Finally, two studies presented study results of phone counseling. One of these studies showed that it had a short-term effect on mood, but this effect diminished in a later follow-up. Conclusions: There was no clear answer how to encourage psychological wellbeing among patients with breast cancer. Despite that the result showed that certain interventions had some effect and thus these interventions should further be investigated. / Bakgrund: Bröstcancer är idag den vanligaste formen av cancer bland kvinnor. Det har visat sig att sjukdomen kan resultera i psykisk lidande för dessa kvinnor. Syfte: Att undersöka vilka former av psykiskt stöd för psykisk ohälsa som upplevs mest effektiva hos kvinnor med bröstcancer. Metod: Denna studie genomfördes som en deskriptiv litteraturstudie. 15 originalartiklar användes för att svara på frågeställningarna. För att finna relevanta artiklar använde författarna databaserna CINAHL och PubMed. Resultat: Samtliga studier som undersökte olika former av avslappning visade någon form av positiv effekt på någon av variablerna ångest depression och stress. Av tre artiklar som berörde fysiska träningsinterventioner hittade författarna i en artikel förbättringar gällande oro och depression. Studien som undersökte massage som metod för att främja den psykiska hälsan visade på förbättring inom livskvalité och avslappning. Fyra studier granskade effekten av Kognitiv Beteende Terapi (KBT). Av dessa visade tre att KBT hade positiv effekt på den psykiska hälsan. Fyra studier prövade huruvida stödgrupper hade effekt. Av dessa visade resultatet i en artikel att denna form av intervention kunde minska tillbakahållna känslor. Ingen av de studier som undersökte utbildningsinterventioner visade på effekter. Slutligen berörde två av artiklarna telefonrådgivning. I en artikel visades en kortsiktig positiv effekt på humöret bland kvinnorna, denna effekt hade dock avtagit vid senare uppföljning. Slutsats: Denna studie gav inget tydligt svar på vad som främjar psykisk hälsa vid bröstcancerdiagnos. Resultatet visade ändå på att vissa interventioner hade viss effekt och bör därmed undersökas närmare.