Therapeutic Abortion and a Prior Psychiatric History

JOHN A. EWING and BEATRICE A. ROUSEAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.1.37

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A follow-up study of 126 women who received abortions on psychiatric grounds revealed that the 52 women with a history of prior psychiatric illness did not experience significantly more post-abortion emotional reactions than the others. Ninety-six percent of the psychiatric group and 92 percent of the others reported that their emotional health was better or normal afterward.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130 • Number 1 • January 1973

Pages: 37 - 40

PubMed: 4682746

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Published in print: January 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JOHN A. EWING

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BEATRICE A. ROUSE

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Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514

Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514

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Therapeutic Abortion and a Prior Psychiatric History

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