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The authors present 2 cases of post-abortion psychosis and discuss the etiology of this complication from the literature. Psychosis after abortion is rare, estimated at 0-1% in 2 studies, and 6 cases in 15 years experience of 32 psychiatrists in another. The suggestion that illegal abortion is more likely to precipitate psychosis is based in part on the greater possibility of gas embolism and consequent neurologi c lesions. Neurologic symptoms such as sensory, motor, pyramidal and ex trapyramidal signs and epileptic crises could results from scar tissue in the central nervous system. The first patient was a 31-year old mother of 1 illegitimate daughter, in conflict with her partner about having the abortion. After attempting abortion with soap solution she was hospitalized for coliform shock and sepsis complicated by gastric ulcers. 3 weeks alter she became psychoitic, with alternating aggressio n, exhibitionism, infantile behavior and catatonia. After release from the hospital she committed suicide. The second patient had marital conflicts, related to fear of pregnancy, and narcicistic desire for consumer goods instead of children. After she became pregnant with an IUD in place, the abortion commission, at first ambivalent, granted abortion, which required 2 curretage procedures. She had delerium and paranoia concerning her 5 abortions. The authors remarked that the trau ma of abortion may precipitate pscyhosis in a disturbed personality with inner or outer conflicts; it is impossible to predict when decompensation might occur, even if the pregnancy is carried to term.
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PMID:[2 cases of post-abortion psychoses]. 546 32