Pseudocyesis: A Psychosomatic Study in Gynecology

Fried, Paul H.

doi:10.1001/jama.1951.02920350023005

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“…amenorrhea, breast changes, nausea, abdominal enlargement, foetal movements reported by the patient, weight gain, etc.). Pseudocyesis frequently occurs in hysterical women with infantile personalities and abnormal sexual histories 2 , but it can also appear in relation to infertility in women with normal sexual behaviour 3 . The false belief of pregnancy is not obligatory in pseudocyesis, however, bodily changes characteristic of pregnant state are always present 4,5 .…”

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Delusions of Pregnancy with Post-Partum Onset: An Integrated, Individualized View

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-Background and Objectives: Bizarre hypochondriacal delusion is an important content of delusion of pregnancy during post-partum period.Methods: Here we report two cases with postpartum delusion of pregnancy; one with pre-existing schizophrenia and another one with family history of pseudocyesis and schizoaffective disorder but with no pre-existing psychiatric illness.Results: Nosological, phenomenological and aetiological issues are discussed. In the context of novel deficit-and motivational theories of delusion formation we provide an integrated view of the reported cases.Conclusions: The complexity of the delusion of pregnancy should be considered in the treatment planning-particularly in the post-partum period.

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Delusions of Pregnancy with Post-Partum Onset: An Integrated, Individualized View

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“…amenorrhoea or changes in breasts, abdomen and genitals) can occur. Pseudocyesis can be delusional and can only be distinguished from a delusion of pregnancy by the fact that appropriate physical symptoms of pregnancy do appear [9,10,15,16,17,21,23,27,28,32,35,37,44].…”

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Delusion of Pregnancy

Kornischka

Schneider²

2003

Psychopathology

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This case report describes the longstanding course of a delusion of pregnancy in a 51-year-old schizophrenic Ghanaian woman suffering from multiple symptoms of delusions and hallucinations. In addition to these symptoms, the patient was affected by multiple coenesthesias, ego disturbances and bizarre delusions of being influenced by external forces. A multi-causal aetiology of delusional pregnancy is discussed.

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“…Pseudopreg nancy has been listed under a variety of psy chiatric nosological categories. During the second half of the 19th century' it was consid ered as a variant of hysteria [11], Fried et al [12] studied it as a psychosomatic disorder while Brown and Barglow [6] suggested that pseudopregnancy be viewed as a depressive equivalent. In DSM-III-R it is listed as a con version disorder.…”

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Pseudopregnancy and Postpartum Psychosis: A Case Study

Fennig¹,

Chelban²,

Naisberg-Fennig³

et al. 1993

Psychopathology

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We report on an uncommon case of a woman who presents with pseudopregnancy. In the past she suffered from postpartum psychosis and an episode characterized by pseudohallucinations. No such association was reported in the literature survey we have made. We discuss the distinction between the overvalued idea as presented in pseudopregnancy and delusion as presented in the postpartum psychosis and suggest that the two phenomena can be viewed as a continuum rather than dichotomized, especially in cases like the one reported here.

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Pseudocyesis: A Psychosomatic Study in Gynecology

Cited by 62 publications

References 9 publications

Delusions of Pregnancy with Post-Partum Onset: An Integrated, Individualized View

Delusions of Pregnancy with Post-Partum Onset: An Integrated, Individualized View

Delusion of Pregnancy

Pseudopregnancy and Postpartum Psychosis: A Case Study

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