title: Self-mutilation and self-blame in incest victims.
abstract: A case is made for self-blame as the psychic link between children's experiences of incestuous sexual abuse and their self-mutilating behavior later in life. Representative case histories and the results of a small pilot study are presented to illustrate the author's theoretical formulation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology