PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paradise, Jan E.
AU  - Rostain, Anthony L.
AU  - Nathanson, Madelaine
TI  - Letter to the Editor
DP  - 1990 Sep 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 489--490
VI  - 86
IP  - 3
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/86/3/489.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/86/3/489.full
SO  - Pediatrics1990 Sep 01; 86
AB  - We appreciate Dr Fay's interest in our report. However, our data do not support his assertion that "incorrect" allegations of sexual abuse when parents dispute child custody or visitation are "exceedingly common." The outcome measure we assessed was not truth but rather substantiation of cases by a child protection agency. Other observers have found higher rates than we did of "fictitious" sexual abuse allegations; but, as we noted in our discussion, bias in their selection of cases limits the generalizability of their findings.