Devaki Syndrome: A culture-bound psychological reaction in Indian Hindu women in response to repeated pregnancy loss?

Kamal Nath; Arnab Bhattacharya; Prakriti Sinha; Samir Kumar Praharaj

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2014.12.007

Devaki Syndrome: A culture-bound psychological reaction in Indian Hindu women in response to repeated pregnancy loss?

Kamal Nath
, Arnab Bhattacharya
, Prakriti Sinha
, Samir Kumar Praharaj^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-15
Number of pages	3
Journal	Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2014.12.007
Publication status	Published - 01-01-2015

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