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Delusions of Pregnancy in Saudi Arabia: A Socio-Cultural Perspective

Published:2001-06 Issue:2 Volume:38 Page:231-242
ISSN:1363-4615
Container-title:Transcultural Psychiatry
language:en
Short-container-title:Transcult Psychiatry

Author:

Qureshi Naseem Akhtar¹,Al-Habeeb Tariq Ali²,Al-Ghamdy Yasser S.³,Abdelgadir Muzamil H.⁴,Quinn John G.⁵

Affiliation:

1. Buraidah Mental Health Hospital, Saudi Arabia

2. King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

3. Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

4. Continuous Medical Education and Community Services, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

5. Al-Qassim Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Delusion of pregnancy is an uncommon symptom that has been reported in both male and female patients who suffer from a variety of organic and functional psychiatric disorders. This study describes seven Saudi females who developed this symptom during the course of chronic schizophrenia ( n= 5) and mood disorders ( n= 2). This symptom serves multiple socio-cultural functions, which are described.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Health (social science)

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/136346150103800206

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