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Delusional Disorder and False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: A Case Report     
Yazarlar
Serbülent Kılıç
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ayşe Vural
Özet
Child sexual abuse is a public health problem world-wide. When a court carries out an investigation into cases of sexual abuse, they are likely to ask for a genital examination report from a forensic pathologist indi-cating whether they believe sexual abuse contact has occurred. Any suspicion about the sexual abuse of a child should be evaluated prudently. Nevertheless, the investigation of sexual abuse is sometimes undertak-en according to misguided or unnecessary complaints from concerned parents suffering from mental illness. Three siblings who were 10, 6, and 6 years old were registered with Child Protective Services (CPS) three times in sixteen months following allegations of sexual abuse. Though the genital examinations of all the children were normal, the mother’s behavior and statements were found to be doubtful. Therefore, this case was im-mediately reported to the legal authorities. After that, the mother of the siblings consulted an adult psychiatrist to determine whether she had a mental illness. After the consultation, she was diagnosed with the persecutory subtype of delusional disorder (DD). In this case, it was revealed that maternal mental illness gave rise to improper claims. Parental mental status should always be considered in claims of child sexual abuse.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Child maltreatment | Delusional disorder | Forensic Medicine | Forensic Science | Mental illness | Sexual abuse
Makale Türü Diğer (Teknik, not, yorum, vaka takdimi, editöre mektup, özet, kitap krıtiği, araştırma notu, bilirkişi raporu ve benzeri)
Makale Alt Türü SCOPUS dergilerinde yayımlanan teknik not, editöre mektup, tartışma, vaka takdimi ve özet türünden makale
Dergi Adı Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine
Dergi ISSN 1658-6786
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCOPUS
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 12-2021
Cilt No 3
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 336 / 340
Doi Numarası 10.26735/BOXU6438
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.26735/boxu6438
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Delusional Disorder and False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: A Case Report

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