Citation

Lacey JH. Br. J. Psychiatry 1990; 157(3): 399-403.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Royal College of Psychiatry)

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Abstract

This systematic study of 112 consecutive referrals of normal-weight bulimic women from a circumscribed urban catchment area found that eight patients (7%) reported sexual abuse involving physical contact. Four (3.6%) of these described incest, but only in two cases (1.8%) did the incest occur in childhood. Just over 5% of the sample reported unlawful sexual intercourse in childhood or gross indecency. Eighteen additional patients reported incestuous fantasies and two of these were partly acted out. The study indicates that incest and sexual abuse reported by bulimics is usually in those multi-impulsive patients who also abuse alcohol or drugs as well as food. The reported prevalences of incest and indecency in normal-weight bulimic women are only slightly higher than figures derived from general population surveys. (Abstract Adapted from Source: British Journal of Psychiatry, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists)

Eating Disorder
Incest Victim
Incest Effects
Female Victim
Psychological Victimization Effects
Fantasy
Childhood Victimization
Child Sexual Abuse Victim
Child Sexual Abuse Effects
Child Abuse Victim
Child Abuse Effects
Child Female
Child Victim
Adult Female
Adult Survivor
Long-Term Effects
Sexual Assault Victim
Sexual Assault Effects
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