Incest-Related Syndromes of Adult Psychopathology

On the apparent invisibility of incest: a personal
reflection on things known and forgotten. A review of the literature on the
long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse. Applying to adult incest
victims what we have learned from victimized children. Somatoform disorders
in victims of incest and child abuse. Disturbances of "self" in victims of
childhood sexual abuse. Secrets of adolescence: incest and developmental
fixations. The cognitive sequelae of incest. Incest in the borderline
patient. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress and dissociation in women victims
of abuse. Dissociative disorders as sequelae to incest. Trauma,
dissociation, and hypnosis. Incest and subsequent revictimization: the case
of therapist-patient sexual exploitation, with a description of the sitting
duck syndrome. Discussion.