Sharma Markanday, Singh Rishabh, Sahu Samiksha, Pruthi Sukriti
Department of Psychiatry, Military Hospital, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2024 Jun;66(6):576-580. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_699_23. Epub 2024 Jun 19.
Delusion of pregnancy is a relatively uncommon manifestation in psychotic patients. Differentiating it from closely related clinical entities like pseudocyesis/pseudopregnancy can be a challenge in clinical setting. Diagnosis of a psychotic illness with delusional pregnancy as the presenting feature in the absence of other florid symptoms of psychosis is a different challenge altogether. Currently, there is no consensus on the pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of delusional pregnancy. We present a case series on delusional pregnancy with the intent to answer some of these gaps in the literature.
妊娠妄想是精神病患者中相对不常见的一种表现。在临床环境中,将其与诸如假孕等密切相关的临床情况区分开来可能具有挑战性。在没有其他明显精神病症状的情况下,以妊娠妄想为主要特征诊断精神病性疾病则完全是另一项挑战。目前,关于妊娠妄想的药物治疗和心理治疗尚无共识。我们呈现一组妊娠妄想病例系列,旨在填补文献中的一些空白。