PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Name Calling, Startle Response, Psychopathology
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Plan for today: domestic abuse, battered women syndrome, learned helplessness, post traumatic stress disorder, rape trauma syndrome. Leading cause of injury in american women sending more than 1 million for medical treatment every year: 188,000 serious medical treatment in the er, life threatening as a result of battering/physical violence from loved ones. Spousal violence contributes to one fourth of all suicide attempts by women: 37% of all obstetric patients are battered during pregnancy. In north america, the leading cause of death for pregnant women is by the one who impregnated them: 50% of homeless women + children are fleeing from male violence. Fbi reports that over 1400 women are killed by their partners each year (6% of homicides) Lenore walker (1992) : over one third of all women will be abused at some point in their lives. For men its 6% of men who are murdered by their spouse: general violence, pushing.
