PSEUDOCYESIS AND COUVADE SYNDROME
PSEUDOCYESIS AND COUVADE SYNDROME

Summary/Abstract: Pseudopregnancy is a condition in which there is a firm belief of a non-pregnant woman in her pregnancy. The disorder also occurs in men. Patients manifest the symptoms and signs of pregnancy. According to DSM IV it is a conversion disorder, under the category of "Somatoform disorders". Pseudopregnancy occurs in patients with determined organic cerebral or endocrinologic pathology, in patients with chronic mental disorders, but also in those who were previously diagnosed with neither organic nor psychic disorders. There is always a wish for pregnancy and a fear from pregnancy at the same time. In any case, the psychological changes are caused by the imbalance of the pituitary-ovarian function of neurotransmitters in the pituitary gland and/or hypothalamus.

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