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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 130, No. 1

Articles | January 01, 1973

Therapeutic Abortion and a Prior Psychiatric History

JOHN A. EWING; BEATRICE A. ROUSE

Am J Psychiatry 1973;130:37-40.

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Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514

Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514

1973, The American Psychiatric Association

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A follow-up study of 126 women who received abortions on psychiatric grounds revealed that the 52 women with a history of prior psychiatric illness did not experience significantly more post-abortion emotional reactions than the others. Ninety-six percent of the psychiatric group and 92 percent of the others reported that their emotional health was better or normal afterward.

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