title: Tokophobia: A dread of pregnancy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Manjeet Singh
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jhanjee
keywords: Depression; fluoxetine; tokophobia