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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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Tokophobia: A dread of pregnancy
Manjeet Singh Bhatia, Anurag Jhanjee
Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Manjeet Singh Bhatia
D-1, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi - 110 028
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0972-6748.119649
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Tokophobia is a pathological fear of pregnancy and can lead to avoidance of childbirth. It can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary is morbid fear of childbirth in a woman, who has no previous experience of pregnancy. Secondary is morbid fear of childbirth developing after a traumatic obstetric event in a previous pregnancy. A case of tokophobia with depression who responded to fluoxetine is being described. |
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