Father-son incest: underreported psychiatric problem?
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چکیده
Six families are described in which 10 sons were involved incestuously with a natural father (N=4) or step-father (N=2). Father-son incest as a part of the spectrum of child abuse appears to be a more frequent clinical entity than was thought previously.
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Evaluation of social and demographic characteristics of incest cases in a university hospital in Turkey
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The American journal of psychiatry
دوره 135 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978