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Acute dissociative reaction to spontaneous delivery in a case of total denial of pregnancy: Diagnostic and forensic aspects

Vedat ŞarDepartment of Psychiatry, Koc University School of Medicine (KUSOM), Istanbul, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Nazan AydınBakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Research and Training Hospital on Mental Disorders, Istanbul, Turkey
, MD,
Onno van der HartDepartment of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
, PhD,
A. Steven FrankelDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, California, USA;California Bar Association, California, USA;District of Columbia Bar Association, Washington, DC, USA
, JD, PhD,
Meriç ŞarNew York Bar Association, New York, New York, USA;Istanbul Bar Association, Istanbul, Turkey, USA
, LLB, LLM, &
Oğuz OmayPerinatal Psychiatry Unit, La Teppe Medical Center, Tain l’Hermitage, France
, MD
Pages 710-719 | Received 10 Aug 2016, Accepted 11 Nov 2016, Published online: 17 Jan 2017

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