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A case of female hypersexuality and child abuse and a review

Authors: Sandrine Lamy, Héloise Delavenne, Florence Thibaut

Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health | Issue 4/2016

Abstract

Mother-son incest as well as female pedophilic disorder remain underrecognized and misdiagnosed. This is the case of a female child abuser who suffered from hypersexual disorder and mental retardation and whose son was viewed as a substitute transitional sexual partner. Our clinical case shared some common features with female sex offenders previously described in the literature but the association of sexual gratification and hypersexuality without pedophilic fantasies is quite uncommon in female child abusers.

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Title: A case of female hypersexuality and child abuse and a review
Authors: Sandrine Lamy
Héloise Delavenne
Florence Thibaut
Publication date: 01-08-2016
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 1434-1816
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-015-0579-z

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