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Published Online: 1976, pp. 547–714

Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis after Viewing the Fetus during Therapeutic Abortion

Steven Lipper, M.D., Ph.D., and W. Morton Feigenbaum, Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 30, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1976.30.4.666

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Abstract

A case of obsessive-compulsive neurosis which developed in a young woman after she had viewed the fetus expelled during a therapeutic abortion with hypertonic saline is reported. The treatment, involving both psychodynamic psychotherapy and behavior therapy, illustrates the use and possible interaction of these therapies in the same patient.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 30 • Number 4 • 1976, pp. 547–714

Pages: 666 - 674

PubMed: 984270

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Published in print: 1976, pp. 547–714

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Steven Lipper, M.D., Ph.D.^†

Bethesda, Md.

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W. Morton Feigenbaum, Ph.D.^‡

Wayne, N.J.

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When this paper was written the authors were on the staff of the Department of Psychiatry, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Section on Clinical Neuropharmacology, Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bldg. 10, Rm. 3S-229, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

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Department of Psychology, William Paterson College of New Jersey, Wayne, N.J.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis after Viewing the Fetus during Therapeutic Abortion

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