RT Conference Proceedings T1 Fears and catastrophic thoughts in medically complicated pregnancies A1 González-Mesa, Ernesto Santiago K1 Embarazo - Complicaciones y secuelas K1 Embarazo - Aspectos psicológicos AB In our experience "High-risk" diagnosis stigmatizes the patient, compromises her self-esteem, fears come up, and often modifies her expectations of a successful pregnancy in a catastrophizing, unrealistic way. Thinking about the worst possible outcomes would facilitate adaptation to hostile environments, while optimistic thinking increases the risk of not reacting in time, but although this could explains why it could be possible to react with catastrophic thoughts to ambiguous situations, it still remains open the question about why some people have more frequent and harmful catastrophic thoughts leading to psychological distress and making it very difficult to cope with the unexpected pregnancy situation YR 2019 FD 2019-10-23 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/18628 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/18628 LA eng NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 22 ene 2026