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VIOLENCE
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
(EMOTIONAL ABUSE)
Name-calling
Belittling
Screaming
Yelling
Destroying Property
Making Threats
Refusing to speak to the victim
Ignoring the victim
PHYSICAL ABUSE
shoving and
pushing to severe
battering and
choking and may
involving broken
limbs and ribs,
internal bleeding,
brain damage, even
homicide
SEXUAL ABUSE
assaults during
sexual relations
such as
biting nipples
pulling hair
slapping
Hitting
rape
90% to 95% of domestic violence
victims are women
1 in 3 women in the US is
estimated to have been beaten
by a spouse at least once.
5.3 million women in the US
experience a serious assault by a
partner
8% of US homicides involve one
spouse killing another
3 of every 10 female homicide
victims are murdered by their
spouse, ex-spouse, boyfriend or
ex-boyfriend.
Intimate partner homicides ,
25% are male and 75% are
female.
Estimated 324,000 women
experience violence while
Clinical Picture
An abusive husband often
believes his wife belongs to
him (like property) and
becomes increasingly violent
and abusive if she shows any
sign of independence such
as getting a job or
threatening to leave.
Clinical Picture
The ABUSER has strong feelings of
inadequacy and low self-esteem as
well as poor problem-solving and
social skills.