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Childhood sexual experiences reported by male psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Michael Metcalfe ,
Rhoda Oppenheimer ,
Andree Dignon  and
R. L. Palmer
Michael Metcalfe*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester
Rhoda Oppenheimer
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester
Andree Dignon
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester
R. L. Palmer
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr R. L. Palmer, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PQ.
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Synopsis

One hundred adult male psychiatric patients were investigated concerning their recollections of defined sexual activities occurring with adults before the age of sixteen.

Twenty-three subjects reported such events. The events were remembered as having been mostly distressing at the time but their later significance is unclear.

Type
Orginal Articles
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , November 1990 , pp. 925 - 929
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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