title: Devaki syndrome: a culture-bound psychological reaction in Indian Hindu women in response to repeated pregnancy loss?
abstract: Depression and anxiety are observed in pregnant women with previous foetal loss due to spontaneous abortions. Culture has important influence on the expression of psychopathology. We report two Hindu women during second trimester of pregnancy with symptoms of depression and anxiety along with identification with a mythological figure - Devaki, with extreme preoccupations with child Krishna and expecting a male child, which precipitated after a series of unfortunate foetal losses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India. Electronic address: drkamalnath@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nath
authors.affiliation: Tata Motors Hospital, Jamshedpur, India. Electronic address: arnab2013@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Arnab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.affiliation: Tata Motors Hospital, Jamshedpur, India. Electronic address: sinha.prakriti1000@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Prakriti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: samirpsyche@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Samir Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Praharaj
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018596:Hinduism; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Abortions; Anxiety; Culture; Depression; Foetal loss