Pseudocyesis in Blacks
Brenner, B.N.
South African Medical Journal 50(43): 1757-1759
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 996665 Document Number: 97650
Twenty-one Balck women with pseudocyesis were seen over a 4-month period at the Baragwanath Hospital antenatal clinic. The psychological backgrounds of 9 of the 21 women were assessed in detail. That Blacks are unable to cope with and sublimate a stressful "infertility" adequately is suggested as the aetiological factor which leads to the high incidence of this psychosomatic disorder in Blacks.