ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2014
Pseudocyesis, delusional pregnancy, and psychosis: The birth of a delusion.
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- Pseudopregnancy: when the body mimics pregnancy without a fetus.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025Article
- Delusion of pregnancy: Case series.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- The role of sociocultural factors in rare medical conditions: The first case report of pseudocyesis in an Ethiopian woman with major depressive disorder.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Grappling with Issues of Motherhood for Women with Schizophrenia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- No Little Feet: Managing Pseudocyesis in a Homeless, Acutely Manic Patient with Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Type.Case reports in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Delusion of Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2023Article
- Delusion of Pregnancy in Down Syndrome: Two Case Reports.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Collaboration between Psychiatrists and Other Allied Medical Specialists for the Treatment of Delusional Disorders.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Delusional Disorder in Old Age: A Hypothesis-Driven Review of Recent Work Focusing on Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects, and Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Pseudocyesis Leading to Folie-à-Deux.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2021Article
- Addressing Delusions in Women and Men with Delusional Disorder: Key Points for Clinical Management.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- A 39-year-old man with schizophrenia and tuberous sclerosis with a delusion of being a pregnant woman-A case report.Clinical case reports · 2019Article
- Understanding the Delusion of Theft.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2018Review
- Women who suffer from schizophrenia: Critical issues.World journal of psychiatry · 2018Review
- Erotomania and Recommendations for Treatment.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2016Article
- Delusion of pregnancy: Conception in brain.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
- Delusion of pregnancy: a systematic review of 84 cases in the literature.Indian journal of psychological medicineReview
- Delusion of Triplet Pregnancy in a Manic Patient.The primary care companion for CNS disordersArticle
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Abstract
Both pseudocyesis and delusional pregnancy are said to be rare syndromes, but are reported frequently in developing countries. A distinction has been made between the two syndromes, but the line of demarcation is blurred. The aim of this paper is to review recent cases of pseudocyesis/delusional pregnancy in order to learn more about biopsychosocial antecedents. The recent world literature (2000-2014) on this subject (women only) was reviewed, making no distinction between pseudocyesis and delusional pregnancy. Eighty case histories were found, most of them originating in developing countries. Fifty patients had been given a diagnosis of psychosis, although criteria for making the diagnosis were not always clear. The psychological antecedents included ambivalence about pregnancy, relationship issues, and loss. Very frequently, pseudocyesis/delusional pregnancy occurred when a married couple was infertile and living in a pronatalist society. The infertility was attributed to the woman, which resulted in her experiencing substantial distress and discrimination. When antipsychotic medication was used to treat psychotic symptoms in these women, it led to high prolactin levels and apparent manifestations of pregnancy, such as amenorrhea and galactorrhea, thus reinforcing a false conviction of pregnancy. Developing the erroneous belief that one is pregnant is an understandable process, making the delusion of pregnancy a useful template against which to study the evolution of other, less explicable delusions.
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