Hysterical seizures

A sequel to incest

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9051229
AutoresJean Goodwin (0000-0002-4158-5864, University of New Mexico), Mary Simms (Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health), Robert Bergman (University of New Mexico)
Ano1979
Volume49
Fascículo4
Páginas698-703
Data de publicação1979-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1939-0025.1979.tb02655.x
PMID495709
OpenAlexW2000092623
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas7

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

Epilepsy · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Suicide prevention · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications