Pregnancy Denial: Toward a New Understanding of the Underlying Mechanisms.
Pregnancy denial
Psychopathology
Risk factor
Journal
Current psychiatry reports
ISSN: 1535-1645
Titre abrégé: Curr Psychiatry Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100888960
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2023
10 2023
Historique:
accepted:
08
08
2023
medline:
7
11
2023
pubmed:
19
8
2023
entrez:
19
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pregnancy denial is the lack of awareness of being pregnant. The aim of the review is to understand why the affected women do not recognize the signs of pregnancy. Twelve case reports of pregnancy denial were published in the last ten years. While in five cases the women had an underlying mental disorder, the rest of the cases involved women who either exhibited no physical symptoms or perceived themselves to be not pregnant despite the symptoms (i.e., repression mechanisms). Pregnancy denial is considered to be a pathological issue, a likely consequence of trauma, the wish to not have a child, or a psychiatric problem. However, it appears that the majority of cases cannot be linked to any of the above reasons. We argue, therefore, that, in most cases, pregnancy denial is not associated with mental or physiological problems. Under certain circumstances, it can affect any woman.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37597131
doi: 10.1007/s11920-023-01448-2
pii: 10.1007/s11920-023-01448-2
pmc: PMC10627956
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
493-500Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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