Open AccessTokophobia: An Unsolved Dread of Childbirth
Author(s) -
Sugreev Dwivedi Anuj,
Prity Raj Sinha,
Bhaskar Jyoti Borah,
Rahul Raj
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-044X
DOI - 10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v69i02.021
Subject(s) - childbirth , pregnancy , irrational number , breastfeeding , psychiatry , psychology , depression (economics) , postpartum depression , medicine , psychotherapist , pediatrics , genetics , geometry , mathematics , macroeconomics , economics , biology
Pregnancy is a life-changing event for every woman in her lifetime. In many women, due to various factors like psychology,environment, social, and etc., certain unwanted clinical manifestations arise which further develops into fear of pregnancy and childbirth. When a psychiatric disorder is associated with or exacerbated by breastfeeding, the topic requires expert experiences from several areas in medicine. This essay examines the relationship between pregnancy, depression, eating disorders, and irrational fearof childbirth, known altogether as tokophobia. Although literature in this area is scarce, an attempt is made to collect what is availableand compile them together.