Medical Termination Of Pregnancy For Psychosocial Reasons.

The requesting of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) for psychosocial reasons invites several questions concerning progress in medicine as well raising necessary and legitimate ethical questions. The law currently permits MTP for maternal reasons at any stage of pregnancy if the woman's health is at a significant risk. However, conceptions of mental health risks remain a grey area and present difficulties in terms of psychiatric assessment.

[Use of baclofen in a patient with severe self mutilation].

The authors have drawn up a report on an adult under observation, who, for years, showed signs of the self-mutilation which endangered his life. The use of "Baclofen" led to a reduction of this self-mutilation. The main action of the product was linked to the muscle relaxing properties of the molecule.