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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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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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Delusions of pregnancy in men [PDF]
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1989 The case of a young, unmarried boy, who had moderate mental retardation, epilepsy, and post-ictal psychosis, is described here. During the psychosis, he believed he was pregnant, and had related behavioural disturbances. The review of other such cases reveals that organic brain damage was evident in all cases.
K. N. R. Chengappa +3 more
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Delusion of pregnancy in a woman with mental retardation
Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2021 A false, fixed and firm belief of being pregnant despite factual evidence to the contrary is a delusion of pregnancy. This can occur in both men and women and is associated with many psychiatric and biological disorders.
Siddharth Sethi, Ganpat K Vankar
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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
Reza Bidaki +3 more
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Delusion of triplet pregnancy in abdominal cavity: A case report with a review of literature
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2017 The two terms, pseudocyesis and delusion of pregnancy, were frequently used for pseudopregnancy. Delusion of pregnancy is a special form of hypochondriacal/somatic delusion reported in various psychiatric and organic disorders. The origin of the delusion
Shri Gopal Goyal +3 more
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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.
Seshadri Sekhar Chatterjee +3 more
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Endocrinology and physiology of pseudocyesis [PDF]
, 2013 This literature review on pseudocyesis or false pregnancy aims to find epidemiological, psychiatric/psychologic, gynecological and endocrine traits associated with this condition in order to propose neuroendocrine/endocrine mechanisms leading to the ...
Cano, Antonio +3 more
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Cotard’s Syndrome: Clinical Case Presentation and Literature Review [PDF]
, 2014 In 1880 French neurologist Jules Cotard described a condition characterized by delusion of negation (nihilistic delusion) in a melancholia context. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in Cotard’s syndrome.
Berardis, Domenico +10 more
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Freeze/thaw stress induces organelle remodeling and membrane recycling in cryopreserved human mature oocytes [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate the ultrastructure of human metaphase II oocytes subjected to slow freezing and fixed after thawing at different intervals during post-thaw rehydration.
Albani, E. +8 more
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