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A detailed study, during the course of psychotherapeutic interviews, of eighteen habitual aborters revealed a number of personality traits in common. Despite the presence of specific endocrine changes as well as evidence of an autoimmune antibody response, fifteen of the eighteen patients were successfully treated, 'indicating that psychotherapy can effectively interrupt the abortive process'.