Pseudocyesis in Blacks.
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.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D001290:Attitude; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011555:Pseudopregnancy; D011599:Psychopathology; D013019:South Africa