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Psychotic Illness Following Termination of Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Kim Davidson  and
Anthony W. Clare
Kim Davidson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfleld, London EC1
Anthony W. Clare
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A case of a psychotic illness following an induced termination of pregnancy is described; this is discussed in relation to the literature on the subject, and possible aetiological factors in the case are reviewed.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 4 , April 1989 , pp. 559 - 560
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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