Abstract
Post-Abortion Syndrome
Highlights
One of the foremost places among controversial topics is continually occupied by the issue of abortion, i.e., artificial termination of pregnancy
To support this attitude they refer to the result of the inquiry conducted by a special board of experts appointed by the American Psychological Association (APA), which had influenced the decision of APA to publish in 2005 an official statement refuting the connection between abortions and subsequent psychological trauma.[4]
The question to what extent abortion is linked to mental health has been raised many times in several ways
Summary
One of the foremost places among controversial topics is continually occupied by the issue of abortion, i.e., artificial termination of pregnancy. Abortion comprises deciding and successful coping with a personal crisis situation.[3] They present studies showing that abortion does not increase the risk of depression, drug abuse or any other psychological disorder in women any more than an unwanted pregnancy and/or childbirth To support this attitude they refer to the result of the inquiry conducted by a special board of experts appointed by the American Psychological Association (APA), which had influenced the decision of APA to publish in 2005 an official statement refuting the connection between abortions and subsequent psychological trauma.[4] The psychologist David Fergusson reacted to this statement with his team of investigators. Many afflicted women do not consciously link the feelings of emotional discomfort they experience with the abortion, but suppression cannot be considered to be an effective way of coping with the experienced loss
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