PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Domestic Violence, Cognitive Restructuring, Physical Abuse
Document Summary
Domestic abuse (jones, 1994a: leading cause of injury in american women sending more than 1 million for medical treatment every year. Spousal violence contributes to one fourth of all suicide attempts by women. 37% of all obstetric patients are battered during pregnancy: evolutionary basis, physical abuse does not begin until marriage or pregnancy sense of ownership. 50% of homeless women and children are fleeing from male violence. 16% of american families experience violence, 3-4% experience life threatening violence: each year 188,000 women are injured severely enough to require serious medical attention (straus & gelles, 1988) Typical combination of over controlled and emotionally volatile. Psychopathology any mental illness issues (i. e. depression, substance dependence) Criminal history history of domestic abuse and other violence: low, medium, and high risk batterers, need to establish risk to determine punishment/treatment. Victimology types: no consistent typology for victims, despite myths to the contrary domestic abuse victims cover all ethnicities, all levels of society, and all personality.
