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Domestic abuse, or battering, is a pattern of psychological, economic, and sexual coercion of one partner in a relationship by the other that is punctuated by physical assaults or credible threats of bodily harm.¹ Battering can be seen as a set of learned, controlling behaviors and attitudes of entitlement that are culturally supported and produce a relationship of entrapment (Table 1).³ Many batterers have neither a diagnosable mental health condition nor a criminal history.^4,5 The targets of the abuse are usually a woman and her children, and it may take years for the woman to become disentangled from . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Prevalence

A Clinical Example

Identification and Assessment

Barriers to Identification and Screening

Presentation

Management

Routine Screening and Response to Disclosure of Abuse

Documentation and Issues of Confidentiality

Referral Services

Advocacy Services

Safety Planning

Conclusions

Source Information

From the Department of Medicine and the HAVEN program (Hospitals Helping Abuse and Violence End Now), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Eisenstat at the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Women's Health Associates, Blake 10, Boston, MA 02114, or at saeisenstat@partners.org.

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