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Imaginary Pregnancy as an Hysterical Disorder about a Senegalese Case Report
Authors
Sylla Aida
Ndiaye-Ndongo Ndèye Dialé
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Thiam Mamadou Habib
Fall Lamine
Lachina Nathalie
Publication date
18 December 2014
Publisher
International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health
Abstract
Ndiaye-Ndongo Ndèye Dialé, Fall Lamine, Sylla Aida, Lachina Nathalie and Thiam Mamadou HabibDepartment of Psychiatry University Hospital Fann, Assistant Professor, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, SenegalDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2310-8231.2014.02.03.1Abstract: Imaginary pregnancy or pseudocyesis is a condition in which a woman without being pregnant is convicted of being in pregnancy and develops pregnancy signs. It is a relatively rare condition that admits as etiologic factors cultural, endocrine but also psychological factors.The diagnosis can be difficult. Nowadays, paraclinical gynecological investigations are a great contribution.This table is encountered most often in cases of conversion hysteria, or depression, and reflecting the entanglement body / psyche.We report the case of a young woman with the problem of imaginary pregnancy, occurring within the framework of his hospitalization. We discuss the possible relationship between such an event and a hysterical personality organization
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