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In addition, research has demonstrated the efficacy of psychological interventions, especially cognitive behavioral therapy and mind\u2013body interventions, in reducing fertility patient distress and potentially increasing pregnancy rates. With the significant relationships between patient distress and dropout rates and between psychological interventions and decreased patient distress both established, the question that remains unaddressed is the impact of psychological interventions on IVF discontinuation rates. Specifically, if it is known that infertility patients are distressed, that the distress is associated with treatment termination, and that psychological interventions can lead to significant decreases in distress, can and do these interventions also increase treatment continuation rates? 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