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

Naseem Akhtar Qureshi

Buraidah Mental Health Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Tariq Ali Al-Habeeb

King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Yasser S. Al-Ghamdy

Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Muzamil H. Abdelgadir

Continuous Medical Education and Community Services, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

John G. Quinn

Al-Qassim Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

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.

Key Words: delusional pregnancy • mood disorder • pseudocyesis • schizophrenia • socio-cultural factors

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 38, No. 2, 231-242 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/136346150103800206
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