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Detecting a History of Incest: A Predictive Syndrome

1985; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 66; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/104438948506600902

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Gerald S. Ellenson,

Child Abuse and Trauma

The author describes thought content and perceptual symptoms shared by women survivors of childhood incest. The syndrome, if confirmed, may make it possible to detect such incest, through the expanded use of a mental status examination, in one unstructured interview.