Hysterical seizures: A sequel to incest.
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Vol. 49 (4), 698-703
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1979.tb02655.x
Abstract
Six cases are described in which hysterical seizures developed after incest and disappeared after psychotherapeutic exploration of the incestuous experience. Patients were adolescents referred for seizures, suicide attempts, sexual problems, and running away. It is suggested that Navajo and Galenic folk beliefs connecting epilepsy with incest may derive from observations of this symptom pattern in incest victims.Keywords
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