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The Incidence of Exhibitionism in Guatemala and the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John M. Rhoads  and
Enrique Padilla Borjes
John M. Rhoads
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, U.S.A.
Enrique Padilla Borjes
Affiliation:
Clinicas del Centro Medico, 6a Avenida 3–69, Zona 10, Guatemala, C.A.
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Summary

Previous speculation based on a mail survey of psychiatrists suggested that exhibitionism is rare in Latin American countries. This survey of potential victims conducted in Guatemala and using a comparable United States facility as a control, shows the incidence in the two countries to be essentially the same. This suggests that the psychopathology of the exhibitionist has more to do with the act than does the culture in which it occurs.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 139 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 242 - 244
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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