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Men With Co-occurring Disorders
Published in Tricia L. Chandler, Fredrick Dombrowski, Tara G. Matthews, Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, 2022
Tara G. Matthews, Tom Alexander
Similar to sexual abuse, physical abuse can also have highly negative effects on the health and well-being of an individual. Finally, an article by Keyser-Marcus et al. (2015) found that women were as much as five times more likely to indicate surviving past trauma than their male counterparts in substance use treatment. There are a few types of trauma that men were reported to have experienced at higher rates than women: specifically, trauma related to natural disasters and witnessing violence.
Othello syndrome
Published in David Enoch, Basant K. Puri, Hadrian Ball, Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes, 2020
David Enoch, Basant K. Puri, Hadrian Ball
A risk assessment is essential in all cases, and where marital domestic violence becomes a practical issue it must be managed in its own right. It has been established that the condition of morbid jealousy has been associated with a number of repeat homicides following release from prison or hospital (Scott, 1977). If physical abuse is occurring, the victim should be informed of the legal remedies, and if any children are at risk, they must be referred to the appropriate child support services. The severity and chronicity of violence is often such that a separation, temporary or permanent, becomes the only solution. With the considerable increase in the elderly population, there is an accompanying significant increase in people suffering from dementia. Delusional jealousy is a frequent problem in dementia and often leads to violence. This violence in demented patients suffering from delusional jealousy is well documented and the forensic aspects highlighted by Cipriani et al. (2012).
Reclaiming my innocent body
Published in Patricia A. Murphy, A Career and Life Planning Guide for Women Survivors:, 2020
Pre-existent Disability and Traumatic Abuse (e.g., Like many women with disabilities, I have experienced sexual and physical abuse. My physical health has deteriorated as a result. I am no longer able to do the things I could do before.) The combination of abuse and disability has had the following consequences in my daily life activities:
World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders – Version 3. Part II: OCD and PTSD
Published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2023
Borwin Bandelow, Christer Allgulander, David S. Baldwin, Daniel Lucas da Conceição Costa, Damiaan Denys, Nesrin Dilbaz, Katharina Domschke, Eric Hollander, Siegfried Kasper, Hans-Jürgen Möller, Elias Eriksson, Naomi A. Fineberg, Josef Hättenschwiler, Hisanobu Kaiya, Tatiana Karavaeva, Martin A. Katzman, Yong-Ku Kim, Takeshi Inoue, Leslie Lim, Vasilios Masdrakis, José M. Menchón, Euripedes C. Miguel, Antônio E. Nardi, Stefano Pallanti, Giampaolo Perna, Dan Rujescu, Vladan Starcevic, Dan J. Stein, Shih-Jen Tsai, Michael Van Ameringen, Anna Vasileva, Zhen Wang, Joseph Zohar
Although PTSD aetiology is linked to traumatic experiences and other psychosocial risk factors, individuals with a certain predisposition may show more intensive reactions to trauma. Subjects who develop PTSD have an increased ratio of psychiatric disorders before the trauma, such as pre-existing affective, anxiety or substance abuse disorders (Breslau et al. 1997; Perkonigg et al. 2000; Mayou et al. 2001). Other risk factors include unstable family conditions during childhood (King et al. 1996), sexual or physical abuse (Koenen 2006; Cougle et al. 2009) and lack of social support after trauma (Olff et al. 2007). Women have been observed to have a higher risk of developing PTSD. In a large random sample of American adults, 60.7% had been exposed to traumatic events; on average 8.2% of men and 20.4% of women suffering from a comparable trauma develop PTSD (Kessler et al. 1995).
Child Sexual Abuse of Elite Athletes: Prevalence, Perceptions, and Mental Health
Published in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2022
Carter E. Timon, Stephanie J. Dallam, Marci A. Hamilton, Emily Liu, Janella S. Kang, Andrew J. Ortiz, Richard J. Gelles
The main goal of the current study is to address the lack of data on abuse of elite athletes in the U.S. by examining the prevalence of sexual assault of young elite athletes in the U.S. A secondary goal is to assess self-reported mental health of elite athletes and its relation to sexual abuse and to assess perceptions of sexual violence in the sports context. As such, this study addresses a research gap identified by Mountjoy et al. (2015) regarding a lack of understanding of the extent and impact of abuse on elite athletes. This research is part of a larger study that investigated the range of maltreatment and negative experiences elite athletes might face in sport settings. Papers reporting the findings on physical abuse and emotional abuse are in review and a paper on combined forms of maltreatment is in preparation.
Physical Versus Sexual Abuse as Reflected in Adolescents’ Self-Figure Drawings: A Preliminary Study
Published in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2022
Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Oren Ramot, Hagar Niv, Einav Daniel, Yoav Gosh, Amir Dahan, Susan Weinger
Physical abuse defined as violence directed toward the child by a household member, including parents, surrogate parents, siblings, or relatives in the household, includes hitting the child’s head or body with hands/fists, with an implement, kicking, burning, threatening, or using a gun or knife (Bifulco et al., 2002). It also includes acts or circumstances that threaten the child with harm or create a substantial risk of harm to the child’s health or welfare such as human trafficking, labor trafficking, involuntary servitude, or trafficking of minors (Rode et al., 2019). Emotional abuse defined as any act that intentionally devalues and hurt the child, includes behaviors such as spurning, terrorizing, isolating, exploiting/corrupting, denying emotional responsiveness, and mental health/medical/legal neglect (Trickett et al., 2009).