MENTAL HEALTH IN INCEST PERSONS
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, CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Incest is sexual activity between close relatives, the general pattern that occurs is
between father-child, mother-child, and between siblings; who may also be
homosexually oriented
The study of incest as an actual phenomenon and not as a fantasy is event
relatively new. In 1975, an authoritative text stated that the incident was incest father-
son in the United States is 1 in a million families. Important contribution by feminist
writers and traumatologists quickly made the profession sensitive to the frequency and
importance of incest and its relationship to psychopathology. By 1986, Russell5 wrote
that some forms of father-daughter incestuous activity start at a minimum to brutal and
aggressive, found in about 1 in 20 families that include children women and their
biological fathers, and 1 in 7 families where girls live with stepfather. In the early
1990s, feminists, traumatologists, and contributors to the study emerging concerns about
dissociative disorders are involved in the incessant study of incest and treatment of
incest victims.
During this time, however, a tendency emerged to question the memories of those
who reporting incestuous abuse, increasing militant defense against its perpetrators
accused. The increasing number of accusations of incest is attributed to wrong practices
on the part therapists who work with patients who remember incest, especially if the
memories have fades from memory for some time and emerges either in a therapeutic
context or with patient exposure to incest. certain media, books, and practices. Doctor
accused suggest abuse that never happened and lead to patient recollection they are
contaminated with information and/or ideas that have instilled those ideas wrong in their
minds. Certain books and media outlets have been accused of encouraging false
reporting.
As a result, for more than a decade and a half the study and treatment of incest has
been under a cloud suspicion that has hindered the advancement of knowledge about
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2
, CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Incest is sexual activity between close relatives, the general pattern that occurs is
between father-child, mother-child, and between siblings; who may also be
homosexually oriented
The study of incest as an actual phenomenon and not as a fantasy is event
relatively new. In 1975, an authoritative text stated that the incident was incest father-
son in the United States is 1 in a million families. Important contribution by feminist
writers and traumatologists quickly made the profession sensitive to the frequency and
importance of incest and its relationship to psychopathology. By 1986, Russell5 wrote
that some forms of father-daughter incestuous activity start at a minimum to brutal and
aggressive, found in about 1 in 20 families that include children women and their
biological fathers, and 1 in 7 families where girls live with stepfather. In the early
1990s, feminists, traumatologists, and contributors to the study emerging concerns about
dissociative disorders are involved in the incessant study of incest and treatment of
incest victims.
During this time, however, a tendency emerged to question the memories of those
who reporting incestuous abuse, increasing militant defense against its perpetrators
accused. The increasing number of accusations of incest is attributed to wrong practices
on the part therapists who work with patients who remember incest, especially if the
memories have fades from memory for some time and emerges either in a therapeutic
context or with patient exposure to incest. certain media, books, and practices. Doctor
accused suggest abuse that never happened and lead to patient recollection they are
contaminated with information and/or ideas that have instilled those ideas wrong in their
minds. Certain books and media outlets have been accused of encouraging false
reporting.
As a result, for more than a decade and a half the study and treatment of incest has
been under a cloud suspicion that has hindered the advancement of knowledge about
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