Delusion of pregnancy: Case series

Abstract

Delusion of pregnancy is a relatively uncommon manifestation in psychotic patients. Differentiating it from closely related clinical entities like pseudocyesis/pseudopregnancy can be a challenge in clinical setting. Diagnosis of a psychotic illness with delusional pregnancy as the presenting feature in the absence of other florid symptoms of psychosis is a different challenge altogether. Currently, there is no consensus on the pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of delusional pregnancy. We present a case series on delusional pregnancy with the intent to answer some of these gaps in the literature.

Keywords

• couvade syndrome
• delusion
• delusional disorder
• pregnancy
• pseudocyesis
• pseudopregnancy
• schizophrenia
• somatic delusion