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Recurrent Pseudocyesis and Hypomania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

J. Taylor  and
A. Kreeger
A. Kreeger
Affiliation:
Royal Free Hospital
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Extract

The case of a young woman presenting with three distinct episodes of pseudocyesis occurring concurrently with annual hypomanic illness is described, and the association between pseudocyesis and affective disorder discussed, with regard both to possible underlying psychopathology and to previously proposed psychoneuroendocrine mechanisms.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 1 , July 1987 , pp. 120 - 122
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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