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Pseudopregnancy

Treatment of periodic psychiatric illness: A pilot study

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Four patients with periodic, psychiatric illness were treated with high doses of Enovid to produce a pseudopregnant state. Relatively little modification of affective state was noted.

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  1. Bruce Hauptman M.D.

    Present address: Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute and the University of California School of Medicine, USA

  2. D. Glick M.D. (chief of the Clinical Research Ward)

    Present address: U. S. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois

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  1. P. O. Box 38, 11004, Glen Oaks, N. Y.

    Donald F. Klein M.D. (director of research at Hillside Hospital)

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From the Research Department, Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, N. Y., this study was supported in part by the board of trustees of Hillside Hospital, a grant from G. D. Seale and Col, and USPHS Grant MH-12273. It was submitted to theQuarterly on February 17, 1970.

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Glick, D., Hauptman, B. & Klein, D.F. Pseudopregnancy. Psych Quar 44, 403–407 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01562984

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