title: Inhibition of mourning by pregnancy: psychopathology and management.
abstract: A bereavement during pregnancy is difficult to mourn: a pregnant woman is so increasingly preoccupied with the new life that mourning is interrupted and often impossible to resume later. This may lead to idealisation of the child as a reincarnation of the dead person or child abuse. A bereaved woman should be helped to mourn at the time of death and to keep alive the expectation of future mourning once her baby is thriving.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004924:Escape Reaction; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011613:Psychotherapy