Abstrakt
A few case reports on the delusion of pregnancy can be found in the published literature. However, the delusion of maternity, a delusional conviction of the patient that she is a mother of one or more children, has not yet been studied closely.
The author describes the case of a 62-year-old childless patient with a diagnosis of chronic paranoid schizophrenia. She developed a delusion of maternity? persistent for many years.
This markedly influenced her behaviour.