Conference paper
PARTIAL DENIAL OF PREGNANCY AT 32 WEEKS IN A DIABETIC AND SUICIDAL PATIENT: A CASE REPORT. What Are the Treatment Recommendations?
Denis Jacques
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatics Unit, CHU UcL Namur Godinne Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Aurélie Maricq
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatics Unit, CHU UcL Namur Godinne Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Thomas Dubois
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatics Unit, CHU UcL Namur Godinne Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Brice Lepiece
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatics Unit, CHU UcL Namur Godinne Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Nicolas Zdanowicz
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatics Unit, CHU UcL Namur Godinne Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Etienne Delgrange
; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatics Unit, CHU UcL Namur Godinne Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Abstract
Background: Denial of pregnancy is an issue that is often discovered a posteriori with sometimes dramatic complications.
Denial of pregnancy is considered partial when the woman becomes aware of the pregnancy after the fifth month before delivery. The populations studied were heterogeneous, which made it impossible to establish a standard algorithm of the treatment and support of a discovery of partial denial of pregnancy.
Subjects and methods: Based on a literature review and a discussion of partial denial of pregnancy case and the consequential
treatment with a five-year follow-up, the global management recommendations need consideration in the case of partial denial of pregnancy.
Results: The reported case confirmed the significance of the trauma caused by the discovery of pregnancy in a patient in denial,
but also showed that this trauma can extend to caregivers concerned by the treatment.
Conclusion: Continuous training of all caregivers for denial of pregnancy is essential even if the issue may be considered
infrequent. Contraception, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and the importance of gynecological follow-up must be
systematically addressed in a medical consultation. A standard algorithm for the treatment of partial denial is difficult to establish, but the rapid mobilization of a multidisciplinary team or hospitalization is recommended for the announcement of the diagnosis as well as personalized support during ultrasounds. The establishment of a relationship of trust remains the major issue.
Keywords
pregnancy; denial; partial; diabetes; avoidant personality; psychotherapy
Hrčak ID:
262957
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Publication date:
21.11.2018.
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