Obsessive-compulsive neurosis after viewing the fetus during therapeutic abortion.
A case of obsessive-compulsive neurosis which developed in a young woman after she had viewed the fetus expelled during a therapeutic abortion with hypertonic saline is reported. The treatment, involving both psychodynamic psychotherapy and behavior therapy, illustrates the use and possible interaction of these therapies in the same patient.
D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D007171:Implosive Therapy; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy