Delusion of Pregnancy as a Somatic-Type Delusional Disorder in a Young Male From the South of Iran [PDF]
Hospital Practices and Research, 2018 Introduction: Delusion of pregnancy is a bizarre delusion in which one feels s/he is carrying a fetus. The etiology is unknown, but aloneness, masturbation, and stress may precipitate this disorder. Case Presentation: We introduce a young, single man who
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Delusion of Pregnancy in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration with Motor Neurone Disease (FTLD/MND) [PDF]
Behavioural Neurology, 2008 Larner A J
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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.
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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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Delusional Procreation Syndrome: A Citation Analysis and Review from the First 12 Years of Publication [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychological MedicinePurpose of the Review: Delusional procreation syndrome (DPS) consists of sequential delusions related to human procreation. It was first coined in a case series in 2010. The most common delusion among DPS is related to pregnancy.
Anil Kumar M. Nagaraj +2 more
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Delusion of Pregnancy in Down Syndrome: Two Case Reports [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and 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.
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A case report of Folie à deux with delusion of pregnancy
Kerala Journal of Psychiatry, 2020 Pseudocyesis is common, whereas delusion of pregnancy is a rare psychopathology. The shared delusion of pregnancy is even rarer. We present a case from a tribal community where a wife shares her husband's delusion.
Poulose Merin, Krishnan Hareesh
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“I heard the heartbeat”- Psychophysiological and Sociocultural Determinants in Pseudocyesis and Delusion of Pregnancy [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Pseudocyesis and Delusion of Pregnancy are often conflated. Both presentations are associated with false beliefs of pregnancy in patients who are not pregnant.
A. Akira, A. Deka, D. Banayan
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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014 The delusion of pregnancy is defined as the belief of being pregnant despite factual evidence to the contrary. Even being more common in a developing country, the literature about delusion of pregnancy from India is meager.
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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).
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