期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：2002
卷号：11
期号：6 (62)
页码：1031-1047
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：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. A combination of psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy with antidepressants or antipsychotics, hormonal therapy and uterine curettage, is effective in almost every patient. Treatment should always be done within a team of other specialists (for instance, gynecologist). The authors emphasize the importance of systematic family psychotherapeutic approach in the treatment of psychotic patients.
