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Psychiatry · Psychiatry / Perinatal psychiatry

Couvade syndrome

also: Sympathetic pregnancy

Pregnancy-like symptoms in expectant fathers.

Specialty
Psychiatry
Subspecialty
Psychiatry / Perinatal psychiatry
Sex & age distribution
Male: affected; Female: not affected; Children: no
Gene(s) involved
None recorded
Alternative names & eponyms
Sympathetic pregnancy

Etiology & mechanism

Psychosocial stress and empathic response.

Gene(s) involved (0)

No gene recorded for this syndrome.

Symptoms & signs (6)

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