Battered person syndrome

Battered person syndrome

DiseaseDisorder infobox
Name = Battered person syndrome
ICD10 = ICD10|T|74|1|t|66
ICD9 = ICD9|995.81

Battered person syndrome is a physical and psychological condition that is classified as ICD-9 code ICD9|995.81 "Battered person syndrome" NEC or otherwise included within DSM-IV as a sub-category of post-traumatic stress disorder. The condition is the basis for the battered woman defence that has been used in cases of physically and psychologically abused women who have killed their abusers.

ymptomology

ICD9 code 995.81 [http://icd9.chrisendres.com/index.php?action=search&srchtext=995.81] shows the syndrome as including "battered person/man/spouse syndrome NEC" and any person presenting with identified physical descriptors rather than psychological descriptors falls under the general heading of "Adult physical abuse", classified under "Injury and Poisoning" [http://icd9.chrisendres.com/index.php?action=child&recordid=7942] . In lay terms, this is a reference to any person who, because of constant and severe domestic violence usually involving physical abuse by a partner, becomes depressed and unable to take any independent action that would allow him or her to escape the abuse. The condition explains why abused people often do not seek assistance from others, fight their abuser, or leave the abusive situation. Sufferers have low self-esteem, and often believe that the abuse is their fault. Such persons usually refuse to press criminal charges against their abuser, and refuse all offers of help, often becoming aggressive or abusive to others who attempt to offer assistance. Often sufferers will even seek out their very abuser for comfort shortly after an incident of abuse.

References

*Roth D. L. & Coles E. M. (1995). "Battered woman syndrome: a conceptual analysis of its status vis a vis DSM-IV mental disorders". "Medicine and Law". Vol. 14(7-8): pp641-658.
*Walker, Lenore E. (1979). "The Battered Woman". New York: Harper and Row.

ee also

*Domestic violence
*Spousal abuse


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