No Little Feet: Managing Pseudocyesis in a Homeless, Acutely Manic Patient with Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Type
Case Rep Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 13;2023:2504871. doi: 10.1155/2023/2504871. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTPseudocyesis is a complex psychiatric manifestation of the physical symptoms of pregnancy. Although not pregnant, the pseudocyetic patient displays signs and symptoms consistent with pregnancy, such as abdominal distention, cramping, and/or sensations of fetal movement. Pseudocyesis is more common in developing countries than in the developed world, possibly due to the importance that traditional societies attach to childbearing and the low social status that these societies assign to women who are unable to produce children....
Source: Case Reports in Psychiatry - December 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Talitha West Omotola Ajibade Anthony Fontanetta Samreen Munir Source Type: research
