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Fear, Folie and Phantom Pregnancy: Pseudocyesis in a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter J. Hardwick  and
Carol Fitzpatrick
Peter J. Hardwick
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London. (Recently appointed Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to East Dorset: Christchurch Health Centre, Saxon Square, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 1DQ)
Carol Fitzpatrick
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London
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Extract

Pseudocyesis is rare in childhood and adolescence. Moreover, in all age groups, there has been little written on its therapeutic handling. We describe a case of pseudocyesis in a fifteen-year-old girl and discuss the therapy in some detail.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 139 , Issue 6 , December 1981 , pp. 558 - 562
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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