TY  - JOUR
T1  - INcest-reply
AU  - POWELL BJ, PENICK EC, WEITZEL WD
Y1  - 1979/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130030107022
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 331
EP  - 331
VL  - 133
IS  - 3
N2  - 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
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130030107022
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130030107022
ER  -