Psychiatry pp 331-335 | Cite as

Fugue, Dissociation, and Multiple Personality in Incest Victims

  • Ron Romanik

Abstract

The following excerpts from a brochure written by an adult incest victim with multiple personality explain the flashbacks, low self-esteem, and interpersonal deficiencies which are the residue of her childhood sexual assault and which are intricately related to her.

Keywords

Childhood Sexual Assault Galvanic Skin Response Natural Mother Multiple Personality Previous Psychiatric History 
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© Plenum Press, New York 1985

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ron Romanik
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  1. 1.Department of PsychiatryUniversity of New MexicoAlbuquerqueUSA

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