title: Incidence of a history of incest among 18 female psychiatric patients.
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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012923:Social Class