PSY 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Emotional Dysregulation, Health Maintenance Organization, Omnipotence
12 Feb 2020
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1 out of 1. 1 million women affected. There is little agreement about the role of father-daughter incest as a source of serious subsequent psychopathology. The father-daughter liaison satisfies instinctual drives in a setting where mutual alliance with an omnipotent adult condones the transgression. The act offers an opportunity to test in reality an infantile fantasy whose consequences are found to be gratifying and pleasurable. Such incestuous activity diminishes the subject"s chance of psychosis and allows for a better adjustment to the external world. The vast majority of them were none the worse for the experience. 1 in 4 exposed to 2 categories of aces. 1 in 16 exposed to 4 categories. 66% of the women experienced abuse, violence or family strife in childhood. We know that the higher the ace score, the greater the likelihood of: High health and mental health care costs. Because of these emotional and psychological difficulties, another problem arises: misdiagnosis.
