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Incest-Related Syndromes of Adult Psychopathology

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This collection of contributions from experts in the field attempts to consolidate findings that bear upon the clinical presentations of adult patients who have suffered childhood incestuous exploitation. Although there are many accounts of incest now available from the lay literature, there is relatively little information in psychiatric reference available about how the impact of incest can be minimized, discounted or denied, or appear to play such a peripheral role in a clinical situation that its importance remains unrecognized. This book explores the connections between incest and somatoform disorders, disturbances of the self, problems in cognitive functioning, borderline psychopathology, the dissociative disorders, post-traumatic syndromes, vulnerability to revictimization and other crucial issues.
On the apparent invisibility of incest: a personal reflection on things known and forgotten. A review of the literature on the long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse. Applying to adult incest victims what we have learned from victimized children. Somatoform disorders in victims of incest and child abuse. Disturbances of "self" in victims of childhood sexual abuse. Secrets of adolescence: incest and developmental fixations. The cognitive sequelae of incest. Incest in the borderline patient. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress and dissociation in women victims of abuse. Dissociative disorders as sequelae to incest. Trauma, dissociation, and hypnosis. Incest and subsequent revictimization: the case of therapist-patient sexual exploitation, with a description of the sitting duck syndrome. Discussion.
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