Pseudocyesis

Schopbach, Robert R.; Fried, Paul H.; Rakoff, A. E.

doi:10.1097/00006842-195203000-00007

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“…Symptoms are accompanied by avoidance, minimization, and somatization ( 25 ). Case reports have reviewed patients with history of psychological factors that include severe childhood deprivation, disturbance of family vitality, significant separation anxiety and feelings of emptiness, a history of infertility, low frustration tolerance, inability to resolve tension, cognitive misinterpretation of bodily sensations and physical changes, emotional attachment (e.g., a strong bond between mother and daughter), childhood sexual abuse and emotional turmoil ( 6 , 9 , 10 , 19 , 44 , 45 , 49 , 51 - 52 ). Several studies have also suggested that some kind of psychological loss can lead to pseudocyesis.…”

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“…Therapy might focus on helping the patient perceive the meaning of the symptoms and help resolve the stressors that were partly responsible for the condition’s onset ( 15 ). Obtaining a psychiatric history and clinical counseling should be considered as part of psychological management ( 17 , 23 , 49 , 62 ). Physicians should communicate empathetically or have a good rapport with the patient; this will help immensely with proving the absence of pregnancy with pregnancy tests such as measurement of beta-chorionic gonadotropin (βCHG), thyroid gland hormones, and ultrasonic examination ( 13 , 15 , 23 , 25 ).…”

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“…Enlisting the help and support of family members and friends is vital ( 15 , 50 ). In most cases, therapy will be accelerated by the patient’s interest in symptom resolution ( 49 ). Pseudocyesis may recur.…”

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Biopsychosocial view to pseudocyesis: A narrative review

Azizi

Elyasi

2017

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Background:Pseudocyesis is a psychopathological clinical syndrome in which a non-pregnant woman firmly believes herself to be pregnant and manifests many symptoms and signs of pregnancy. Although the exact etiology of pseudocyesis has not been determined.Objective:This study was conducted with the aim of assessing the biopsychosocial view to pseudocyesis.Materials and Methods:A comprehensive search in electronic databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus was conducted between 1943-2016 to retrieve pseudocyesis related articles. For this purpose, 1149 articles were collected and 66 items were used.Results:Findings were classified into 2 main categories: a) pseudocyesis etiology, which could include (biological psychological factors and psychiatric disorders, and social factors); and b) pseudocyesis management.Conclusion:Pseudocyesis results from a multidimensional group of factors, and a holistic and comprehensive approach should be taken to its treatment. Cooperation between gynecologists and psychiatrists would likely be useful in addressing the condition.

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Biopsychosocial view to pseudocyesis: A narrative review

Azizi

Elyasi

2017

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Pituitary function in human pseudocyesis

Forsbach

Güitrón

Muñoz

et al. 1987

J Endocrinol Invest

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Two young women with clinically established pseudocyesis were studied by endometrial biopsy, basal hormonal serum levels and dynamic pituitary testing. Basal serum levels of PRL and TSH were in the normal range; estradiol - 17 beta, progesterone and FSH were in the follicular phase range, but LH was in the follicular phase range in one patient and in the climateric range in the other one. The histologic assessment of the endometrial biopsies disclosed a proliferative endometrium in both patients. A group of six patients with hypothalamic amenorrhea were subjected to dynamic pituitary testing to compare results with those obtained in the two patients with pseudocyesis. The dynamic pituitary response to GnRH, TRH and metoclopramide was normal in the two patients with pseudocyesis and in the group with hypothalamic amenorrhea; moreover, challenge with estradiol benzoate (EB) in the two patients with pseudocyesis disclosed a normal positive feedback of LH. These observations and the analysis of data already published suggest that the amenorrhea of pseudocyesis is associated neither with a persistent corpus luteum nor chronic hyperprolactinemia. We suggest that an abnormality in neurotransmitter pathways results in alterations of pituitary hormone secretion. However, additional patients must be studied to prove or disprove this hypothesis.

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Pseudocyesis in a Six-Year-Old Girl

Selzer

1968

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry

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Pseudocyesis

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Biopsychosocial view to pseudocyesis: A narrative review

Biopsychosocial view to pseudocyesis: A narrative review

Pituitary function in human pseudocyesis

Pseudocyesis in a Six-Year-Old Girl

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