TY - JOUR
T1 - Devaki Syndrome
T2 - A culture-bound psychological reaction in Indian Hindu women in response to repeated pregnancy loss?
AU - Nath, Kamal
AU - Bhattacharya, Arnab
AU - Sinha, Prakriti
AU - Praharaj, Samir Kumar
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Depression and anxiety are observed in pregnant women with previous foetal loss due to spontaneous abortions. Culture has important influence on the expression of psychopathology. We report two Hindu women during second trimester of pregnancy with symptoms of depression and anxiety along with identification with a mythological figure - Devaki, with extreme preoccupations with child Krishna and expecting a male child, which precipitated after a series of unfortunate foetal losses.
AB - Depression and anxiety are observed in pregnant women with previous foetal loss due to spontaneous abortions. Culture has important influence on the expression of psychopathology. We report two Hindu women during second trimester of pregnancy with symptoms of depression and anxiety along with identification with a mythological figure - Devaki, with extreme preoccupations with child Krishna and expecting a male child, which precipitated after a series of unfortunate foetal losses.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajp.2014.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ajp.2014.12.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 25583112
AN - SCOPUS:84926417670
SN - 1876-2018
VL - 13
SP - 13
EP - 15
JO - Asian Journal of Psychiatry
JF - Asian Journal of Psychiatry
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