Pseudocyesis: A complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain
Pseudocyesis or phantom pregnancy is characterized by a false belief in a non-pregnant female that she is pregnant and this belief is usually associated with bodily signs of pregnancy. In some of the patients, this belief is held with delusional conviction. In this case report, we present the case o...
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pubmed-37463082013-08-19 Pseudocyesis: A complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain Grover, Sandeep Sharma, Akhilesh Ghormode, Deepak Rajpal, Nikita Case Report Pseudocyesis or phantom pregnancy is characterized by a false belief in a non-pregnant female that she is pregnant and this belief is usually associated with bodily signs of pregnancy. In some of the patients, this belief is held with delusional conviction. In this case report, we present the case of a female patient who presented with delusional belief of being pregnant, which was associated with antipsychotic-associated increase in prolactin levels and metabolic syndrome. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3746308/ /pubmed/23960430 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.114610 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Grover, Sandeep Sharma, Akhilesh Ghormode, Deepak Rajpal, Nikita Pseudocyesis: A complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain |
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Grover, Sandeep Sharma, Akhilesh Ghormode, Deepak Rajpal, Nikita |
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Pseudocyesis: A complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain |
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Pseudocyesis: A complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain |
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Pseudocyesis: A complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain |
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Pseudocyesis: A complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain |
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Pseudocyesis: A complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain |
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pseudocyesis: a complication of antipsychotic-induced increased prolactin levels and weight gain |
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Pseudocyesis or phantom pregnancy is characterized by a false belief in a non-pregnant female that she is pregnant and this belief is usually associated with bodily signs of pregnancy. In some of the patients, this belief is held with delusional conviction. In this case report, we present the case of a female patient who presented with delusional belief of being pregnant, which was associated with antipsychotic-associated increase in prolactin levels and metabolic syndrome. |
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