Citation

Nurcombe B, Unützer J. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 1991; 30(2): 272-276.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.

Comment In:

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1991;30(5):848-9

Erratum On

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1991;30(5):846

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1789821

Abstract

A case of alleged ritual sexual abuse is presented. Clinical recognition and diagnostic reasoning are discussed. After a brief account of modern satanism, it is concluded that, although the evidence for the occurrence of ritual abuse is sketchy, a high index of suspicion is appropriate.

Language: en