The Psychodynamics of Consummated Maternal Incest

Mother‐son incest as a defence against psychosis

“…The following case differs from those previously published in that the son was an adult and not manifestly schizophrenic (Wahl, 1960). Up to now it has been difficult to establish a generalized pattern dealing with this form of incest and its pathological consequences because very few data, diagnoses, case histories, therapy reports and follow-up studies exist.…”

Mother–daughter incest: A brief review of literature and case report

“…Especially, maternal incest was thought to be virtually non‐existent [38]. In the rare cases that were reported, it was underlined that the mother must have a severe mental illness [1,39]. An analysis of national data has shown that child sexual abuse perpetrators are four and a half times more likely to be female if the perpetrator is the biological parent of the victim and female offenders are far more likely to offend against their biological children than males [40].…”

Maternal-neonatal incest.

“…The relatively few cases of maternal incest that have been reported in the medical and psychiatric literature have involved a mother and her adolescent or preadolescent son, 1 , 3 , 5 , 9 although there is one case report of an adolescent mother who, following a “nervous breakdown,” sexually abused her neonate 11 . Recent review articles on sexual abuse of children 7 , 10 make no mention of maternal-neonatal incest.…”