Delusional Procreation Syndrome: Report from TURUVECARE Community Intervention Program
A 25-year-old separated female, studied till class VII, presented with diagnosis of undifferentiated schizophrenia (ICD-10) of 6 years duration. Patient had a delusion that she delivered a baby girl 1 year back and is yet to have a name for her baby. She gives an interesting description of delivery of this baby girl: Labor pain started when all her family members had gone out of the house. She also reports that the labor process got completed spontaneously without any complication and that soon after the delivery, the child was kept in an orphanage for children which no family member was aware of. Additionally, patient reports that her girl is growing in that ashrama and has been studying in primary school. However, she has not revealed any other information. Delusion of delivery (labor and childbirth) was concluded to be present.