Case Report: Recurrent Psychotic Illness after Abortion
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چکیده
In the world, a round 40 million abortions take place every year. The corresponding figure in India is 6 million per year (Rui, 1972). T h e termination of pregnancy under modern conditions is not without psychological morbidity. T h e various types of psychological reactions which have been reported in these patients include the presence of feeling of guilt, emotional instability, a changed attitude towards sex, neurotic reactions, personality trait disturbances, depression, suicide and homicide (Simon et al., 1969; Greer, 1976; Bhatia et al., 1987 Friedman and Gath, 1989). The factors putting patients at risk of an unfavourable outcome include ambivaleijce, poor marital, social or occupational adjustment prior to alx>rtion, a past psychiatric history (Lask, 1975), a past history of 'aliortion (Freeman et al., 1980; Uhatia et al., 1988a), decissiveness alxnit pregnancy and abortion (Friedman et al., 1974; Bhatia et al., 1988b), indication and type of aliortion (Simon et al., 1969; Fleck, 1970) and the attitudes of medical personnel (Wolff et al., 1971).
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