The prevailing public view on women who kill their babies is that they are either monsters or
psychotic, or both. The psychiatric and legal communities recognize that the issue is not as …

Denial of pregnancy is an important condition that is more common than expected, with an
incidence at 20 weeks gestation of approximately 1 in 475. The proportion of cases …

Decades of research demonstrate that conflict shapes and permeates a broad range of
family processes. In the current article, we argue that greater insight, integration of …

In order to assess characteristics of women with denial or concealment of pregnancy until
delivery, the authors conducted a retrospective study of women with no history of prenatal …

Beim Studium der Fachbeiträge bestätigt sich unweigerlich der Eindruck, dass nichts so
schnell wächst wie das medizinische Wissen. Und darin liegt unter anderem auch der Grund …

OBJECTIVE: To propose a new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and International
Classification of Diseases (ICD) category concerning reproductive dysfunctions not caused …

Stanford University Press. Beier, KM, Wille, R., & Wessel, J.(2006). Denial of pregnancy as a
reproductive dysfunction: A proposal for international classification systems. Journal of …

In Pregnant Embodiment: Subjectivity and Alienation, Iris Marion Young describes the lived
bodily experience of women who have “chosen” their pregnancies. In this essay, Lundquist …

Objectives To describe characteristics of women without prenatal care and their reasons for
not seeking prenatal care. Design Retrospective record review. Setting Urban, academic …

Objective To assess rates of neonaticide after the implementation of a preventative
'anonymous delivery'law in mid‐2001 in Austria. Women are allowed to access antenatal …