The relationship of abuse history, denial and erectile response profiles of adolescent sexual perpetrators
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The erectile responses of adolescent sex offenders were examined upon presentation of sexual and nonsexual audio cues. All the subjects had victimized females of various ages, and sexual cues depicted targets of various ages and combinations. Based on erectile responses,the adolescents were classified as either nonresponsive, nondiscriminative, andresponsive to specific cues. The nondiscriminators and responders were more likely to be victims of prior abuse. The nonresponders may have been able to suppress arousal in the laboratory. The results suggest that prior abuse history should be considered when using penile plethysmography.
Publication Name: Behavior Therapy
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0005-7894
Year: 1992
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The Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians: the first federal mental hospital for an ethnic group
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Efforts to improve the care of Native Americans during the first half of the 1900s were embodied in two cycles of reforms. The first cycle involved the establishment of a separate facility for native populations in 1903 at Canton, SD, called the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians. Less than 30 years after the hospital opened, charges of poor mental care at the asylum led to a second cycle of reform which included the closure of the facility in 1933. Thus ended an experiment in segregated care for native Americans.
Publication Name: American Journal of Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-953X
Year: 1999
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