Citation

Rosenfeld AA. Am. J. Psychiatry 1979; 136(6): 791-795.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

443462

Abstract

The author ascertained the frequency of reports of a history of incest among the 18 female psychiatric outpatients he first evaluated or treated in a one-year period. Six of these patients (33%) reported a history of incest. The author suggests that if this figure reflects actual prevalence, previous estimates of a history of incest among female psychiatric patients may have been mistakenly low. He discusses the implications and limitations of the statistics.

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