RT Journal
A1 POWELL BJ, PENICK EC, WEITZEL WD
T1 INcest-reply
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1979
FD March 1
VO 133
IS 3
SP 331
OP 331
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130030107022
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130030107022
AB In Reply.—The discovery of father-daughter incest in a family regularly triggers a strong and negative reaction among medical practitioners and social agency employees. The danger of overreaction and acquiescence to the impulse to "do something" is often great. Dr Orr is correct in highlighting again that the long-term, controlled, conclusive studies still need to be done to confirm the conclusion that episodes of father-daughter incest inevitably reflect family relationships that are so disturbed and of such a danger to the daughter's present and future mental health that so extreme a social intervention as removal of the child from the home can be justified.Incest behavior in a family deserves our professional concern and help. Case examples of daughters who are clearly being victimized by their fathers in such a relationship do deserve carefully conceived and executed plans for intervention. We do not advocate that since so little is