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Case Reports
. 1987 Jan;41(1):46-54.
doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.1.46.

Self-mutilation and self-blame in incest victims

S Shapiro
Case Reports

Self-mutilation and self-blame in incest victims

S Shapiro. Am J Psychother. 1987 Jan.

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.

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