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Incest by grandmother with dementia: a case report

Incest by grandmother with dementia

Case Report doi:10.4328/JCAM.5957 Published: January 1, 2019

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1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Kocman University, Muğla, Türkiye.

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Incest sexual abuse is defined as any sexual behavior applied to a child by close relatives. Incest is often between biological or stepfather and child or between siblings, less frequently between other family members. Victims are often girls. But sometimes boys can be victims of incest as well. Dementia is a disease that causes loss of intellectual function. It is usually permanent and progressive, and it increases the risk of elderly abuse and neglect. This case report presents incest sexual abuse of a boy by his grandmother.

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child dementia incest

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Received:
June 28, 2018
Accepted:
August 9, 2018
Published Online:
September 5, 2018
Printed:
January 1, 2019