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Using a Murine Model of Psychosocial Stress in Pregnancy as a Translationally Relevant Paradigm for Psychiatric Disorders in Mothers and Infants
Published on: June 13, 2021
[Specificities of antenatal grief]
Sophie Rothenburger1, Nathalie Menconi2
1Pôle universitaire de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, Centre psychothérapique de Nancy, 1 rue du Docteur-Archambault, 54521 Laxou, France.
Abstract:
Taking into account the pain of antenatal bereavement is relatively recent. If the stages of elaboration of this mourning are identical compared to those of other close persons, nevertheless it has some particularities. The status of the fetus is singular, an integral part of the mother's body, but without legal existence. The psychological context in which the mourning takes place is marked by a profound psychic transformation. Finally, the impact on parental narcissism must be taken into account.
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