Tokophobia: an unreasoning dread of childbirth. A series of 26 cases. Br J Psychiatry. 2000 Jan;176:83-5.

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Bibliographical entry (without author) :	Tokophobia: an unreasoning dread of childbirth. A series of 26 cases. Br J Psychiatry. 2000 Jan;176:83-5.
Author(s) :	Hofberg K, Brockington I.
Year of publication :	2000
URL(s) :	http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/176/1/83
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Abstract (English) :	BACKGROUND: Some women dread and avoid childbirth despite desperately wanting a baby. This is called tokophobia. AIMS: To classify tokophobia for the first time in the medical literature. METHOD: Twenty-six women noted to have an unreasoning dread of childbirth were interviewed by the same psychiatrist, who was not the treating doctor. A qualitative analysis of these psychiatric interviews was performed. RESULTS: Phobic avoidance of pregnancy may date from adolescence (primary tokophobia), be secondary to a traumatic delivery (secondary tokophobia) or be a symptom of prenatal depression (tokophobia as a symptom of depression). Pregnant women with tokophobia who were refused their choice of delivery method suffered higher rates of psychological morbidity than those who achieved their desired delivery method. CONCLUSIONS: Tokophobia is a specific and harrowing condition that needs acknowledging. Close liaison between the obstetrician and the psychiatrist in order to assess the balance between surgical and psychiatric morbidity is imperative with tokophobia.
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Keywords :	➡ depression, anxiety ; traumatism ; post-traumatic stress ; psychology ; morbidity
Author of this record :	Cécile Loup — 16 Oct 2003 ➡ latest update : Alison Passieux — 02 Dec 2007

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