Child Stealing and Pseudocyesis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 1982 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 141, pages 196-198 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: P T, d'Orbán;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.141.2.196

pmid: 7116062

Child Stealing and Pseudocyesis

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Abstract

Describing the occurrence of pseudocyesis and its treatment in a 15-year-old girl, Hardwick and Fitzpatrick (1981) pose the question whether there is any association between pseudocyesis and child stealing. They comment that such an association has not so far been reported. However, cases of presumed pseudocyesis have previously been noted among child stealers (d'Orbán, 1972; 1976; 1981) (based on patients' accounts which could not be verified) and three characteristic offence patterns were described:

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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
The Royal Free Hospital
United Kingdom

Keywords

Adult, Humans, Infant, Female, Crime, Pseudopregnancy

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