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Case Reports
. 1978 Jul;135(7):835-8.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.135.7.835.

Father-son incest: underreported psychiatric problem?

K N Dixon, L E Arnold, K Calestro
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Case Reports

Father-son incest: underreported psychiatric problem?

K N Dixon et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1978 Jul.
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Abstract

Six families are described in which 10 sons were involved incestuously with a natural father (N=4) or step-father (N=2). Father-son incest as a part of the spectrum of child abuse appears to be a more frequent clinical entity than was thought previously.

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