Delusion of Pregnancy in Down Syndrome: Two Case Reports. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) are more vulnerable to psychotic disorder and schizophrenia than the general population. However, psychotic symptoms have not been widely described in this population. Here, we deeply investigated the cases of two young women with ID and Down syndrome (DS) who developed a delusion of pregnancy, a rare ...
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DELUSION OF PREGNANCY IN PATIENT WITH MAJOR NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER: A CASE REPORT [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Delusion of pregnancy (DP) is a heterogeneous symptom that can emerge from different neuropsychiatric syndromes, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, but also major neurocognitive disorder (MND).
M. O. Pires +5 more
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Delusion of uterine prolapse following medical termination of pregnancy
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2023 Ashwini Padmashali
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Delusion of pregnancy: an unusual symptom in the context of dementia. [PDF]
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen, 2015 Background: Delusions can complicate practically all brain disorders. They may be dramatic and bizarre. An example is the so-called delusion of pregnancy. Objective: To identify the characteristic of a psychotic symptom, the phenomenon of delusion of pregnancy, in the context of dementia.
Cipriani G, Di Fiorino M.
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Delusion of pregnancy for 21 years in an elderly woman: A case report and review of literature
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2020 Delusion of pregnancy (DOP) is a rare phenomenon especially in the elderly, with only 22 cases being reported. In this report, we present a case of a 74-year-old female with DOP and depressive disorder.
Devakshi Dua, Sandeep Grover
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Delusion of Pregnancy in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration with Motor Neurone Disease (FTLD/MND) [PDF]
Behavioural Neurology, 2008 A. J. Larner
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Secondary delusion of pregnancy in an antipsychotic Naïve patient
Annals of Indian Psychiatry, 2022 Delusion of pregnancy is relatively rare phenomenon encountered in psychiatric patients but is reported frequently in developing countries. It can be associated with both psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Parul Gupta +2 more
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Delusion of pregnancy: A systematic review of 84 cases in the literature
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2015 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.
Sagar Chandra Bera, Siddharth Sarkar
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Pseudocyesis Versus Delusion of Pregnancy: Differential Diagnoses to be Kept in Mind
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012 Pseudocyesis is a condition in which the patient has all signs and symptoms of pregnancy except for the confirmation of the presence of a fetus. The literature on delusions of pregnancy in schizophrenia is however scanty.
Tarun Yadav +2 more
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Delusion of Pregnancy and Pseudocyesis: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, 2021 Delusion of pregnancy and pseudocyesis are found to be relatively common in the developing world but the reported cases regarding the former is rare in the context of Nepal.
Kamal Ghimire +2 more
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