“Too much too soon, let me out of here!” Psychiatric and obstetric implications of a child’s pregnancy-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

“Too much too soon, let me out of here!” Psychiatric and obstetric implications of a child’s pregnancy

Published:2019-03-21 Issue:2 Volume:27 Page:129-131
ISSN:1039-8562
Container-title:Australasian Psychiatry
language:en
Short-container-title:Australas Psychiatry

Author:

Ghosh Sunanda¹^ORCID,Bruxner George²^ORCID,Kothari Alka³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Senior Staff Specialist, Redcliffe and Caboolture Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Metro-North Mental Health Service, Caboolture, QLD, Australia

2. Senior Staff Specialist and Clinical Lead Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service, Redcliffe and Caboolture Hospitals, Metro-North Mental Health Service, Caboolture, QLD, Australia

3. Senior Staff Specialist, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Redcliffe Hospital, Caboolture, QLD, and; Conjoint Site Coordinator, Northside Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Redcliffe, QLD, Australia

Abstract

Objective: Psychiatrists may become involved in circumstances where a child is seeking termination of pregnancy. Potential roles include capacity advice and advocacy, but ethical and legal uncertainties abound. This paper uses illustrative cases, in an Australian jurisdiction, to exemplify the issues. Conclusion: Termination of pregnancy at the youthful extreme raises unique challenges for all involved.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1039856219838344

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