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Delusion of pregnancy: a systematic review of 84 cases in the literature.
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- Delusion of Pregnancy: An Updated Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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- Delusion of pregnancy: Case series.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- 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
- Pseudocyesis Leading to Folie-à-Deux.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2021Article
- The occurrence of giant mesenteric cyst and adrenal ganglioneuroma in a schizophrenic male patient presenting as pseudocyesis: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2021Article
- 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
- Biopsychosocial view to pseudocyesis: A narrative review.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2017Review
- Pseudocyesis in a 37-year-old male with schizophrenia: A rare case report.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
- Delusion of pregnancy for 21 years in an elderly woman: A case report and review of literature.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
- Delusion of pregnancy: Conception in brain.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
- Delusion of pregnancy in a 70-year-old male.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
Case reports of delusion of pregnancy have emanated from all over the world, yet the rarity of this phenomenology has precluded systematic large scale descriptive or cohort studies. This systematic review was conducted to assess the demographic characteristics, clinical profile, treatment outcome and aetiological factors from the published case reports of delusion of pregnancy. Electronic databases including PubMed, PsychInfo and Google Scholar were used to identify case reports relating to delusion of pregnancy published in peer-reviewed English language journals. All such cases were systematically evaluated by investigators, and information was extracted using a structured proforma. A total 40 articles were reviewed which included 84 cases. Demographic characteristics revealed that about half of the patients were aged 20-40 years. The most common diagnoses were schizophrenia (35.7%), bipolar disorders (16.7%) and depression (9.5%). Single foetus was reported by 79.8% of the patients, and 45.2% perceived foetal movements. Good treatment response was noted in 64.3 % of the cases. The prominent aetiological factors that were implicated included psychosocial factors, coenaesthopathological processes, socio-cultural factors and hyperprolactinaemia. Delusion of pregnancy is a heterogeneous symptom which emerges during the course of various neuropsychiatric disorders. A range of aetiopathological mechanisms have been implicated in the causation of this disorder.
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