152: The Science of Hysterical Pregnancies (with NOAHFINNCE) - a podcast by The Sci Guys

What happpens when you're pregnant, but without actually being pregnant? These are hysterical pregnancies, and they are totally real. Find out more about these odd phantom foetuses in today's episode.



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References & Further Reading



Hysterical Pregnancies

https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/pseudocyesis

https://www.cureus.com/articles/40598-a-rare-case-of-pseudocyesis-in-a-patient-with-bipolar-disorder

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738334/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674939/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361851/#__ffn_sectitle

https://www.britannica.com/science/false-pregnancy

https://www.britannica.com/science/hydatidiform-mole

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894469/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4133423/

https://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/infertility/false-pregnancy/



Somatic Symptom Disorders

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/somatic-symptom-disorder/what-is-somatic-symptom-disorder

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990557/

https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/dsm-5/z-other-specified