DELUSIONS OF PREGNANCY - A REPORT OF FOUR CASES

We report four cases (three women, one man) having delusions of pregnancy seen over a four month period at a short - stay in-patient facility in a General Hospital Psychiatry Department. None had organic factors and all could be explained on the basis of psychological mechanisms. Delusions of pregna...

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Autores principales: Dutta, Shabari, Vankar, G.K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1996
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2970881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21584141
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Sumario:We report four cases (three women, one man) having delusions of pregnancy seen over a four month period at a short - stay in-patient facility in a General Hospital Psychiatry Department. None had organic factors and all could be explained on the basis of psychological mechanisms. Delusions of pregnancy may not be as uncommon as was previously believed.

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