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Delusions of Pregnancy in Men

Case Report and Review of the Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Santosh K. Chaturvedi
Santosh K. Chaturvedi*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Post Bag 2900, Bangalore–560 029, India
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Abstract

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. Brain damage seems to be the more likely causative factor than psychodynamic factors.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 5 , May 1989 , pp. 716 - 718
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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