The unwanted pregnancy--a neurotic conflict solving attempt? An analysis of the conflict situations of 228 abortion patients
Goebel, P.
Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychoanalyse 28(3): 280-299
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0340-5613 PMID: 7124140 Document Number: 184424
In a gynecological department of a Berlin hospital, 228 abortion patients were examined over a 10-month period. The examination consisted of a psychoanalytic survey, the response to the Giessen-Test S, and a questionnaire on stress. The patients had had permission for abortion and were hospitalized. The abortions were to be carried out the next day. The crucial point of the survey was the classification of the psychosocial status of the woman at the time of conception. Several typical conflict situations were determined in which the unwanted pregnancy as a symptom had the function of overcoming the actual neurotic conflicts. The typical conflict situations and the corresponding functions are described. (author's)