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Group therapy in the treatment of childhood sexual abuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Janet Boakes
Janet Boakes*
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Pathfinder NHS Trust 1st Floor, Clare House, St George's Hospital Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT Boakes
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Abstract

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Group psychotherapy for adults reporting childhood sexual abuse is a well recognised form of treatment but little attention has been given to the possible adverse effects. This paper reports on three patients seen within a NHS trust department of psychotherapy who had taken part in an incest ‘survivor group’. They described individual satisfaction with their improvement but appeared, when viewed externally, to have deteriorated.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 12 , December 1997 , pp. 754 - 756
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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