| Literature DB >> 495709 |
Jean Goodwin1, Mary Simms2, Robert Bergman1.
Abstract
Six cases are described in which hysterical seizures developed after incest and disappeared after psychotherapeutic exploration of the incestuous experience. Patients were adolescents referred for seizures, suicide attempts, sexual problems, and running away. It is suggested that Navajo and Galenic folk beliefs connecting epilepsy with incest may derive from observations of this symptom pattern in incest victims.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID： 495709 DOI： 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1979.tb02655.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Orthopsychiatry ISSN： 0002-9432