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Borderline Personality Disorder with Infanticide and Denial of Pregnancy : A Case Report  

Jung, Semina (Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Dankook Medical Center)
Paik, Ki Chung (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
Lee, Jun Hyung (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
Kim, Kyung Min (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
Doh, Jin Ah (Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Dankook Medical Center)
Lim, Myung Ho (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
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Anxiety and mood / v.8, no.2, 2012 , pp. 161-166 More about this Journal
Abstract
Though infanticide, killing the baby after birth of the neonate and denial of pregnancy, are very rare psychiatric disorder, they have been receiving a lot of social concerns. We report and review infanticide and denial of pregnancy administration in a 19 year-old adolescent with bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder. Patients with a young age, cognitive immaturity, an unwanted child, hid the pregnancy facts were consistent with the results of previous studies. In addition, the patient's impulsivity and emotional instability is affecting infanticide. After inpatient care with pharmacotherapy (escitalopram 20mg, alprazolam 1.5 mg, clonazepam 0.5 mg, valproate sodium 1,100-1,300 mg, and quetiapine 100-400 mg) and supportive psychotherapy, and there were significant improvement of clinical symptoms.
Keywords
Infanticide; Neonaticide; Denial of pregnancy;
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