[A case of psychotic couvade (psychodynamic analysis)]

Orv Hetil. 1994 Mar 6;135(10):527-9.
[Article in Hungarian]

Abstract

The authors analyse a case of a paranoid psychosis in a male during his wife's pregnancy. They emphasize the importance of oedipal fixation and of double identification. They deal with the clinical importance of the couvade-syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Fathers / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Paranoid Disorders / psychology*
  • Paranoid Disorders / therapy
  • Pregnancy / psychology*
  • Psychotherapy
  • Somatoform Disorders / psychology
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents