Dowry-related domestic violence and complex posttraumatic stress disorder: a case report

作者：O'Connor Manjula^*

来源：Australasian Psychiatry, 2017, 25(4): 351-353.

DOI：10.1177/1039856217700464

• domestic violence
• immigrant woman
• dowry
• mental illness

Objectives: This paper draws attention to the mental health impact of coercive practice of dowry demands, associated with domestic violence (DV) in an immigrant woman.
Methods: This study was based on a case report and selective literature review.
Results: This case history illustrates the serious mental health impacts of repeated emotional and physical trauma inflicted by a husband who was dissatisfied with his wife's dowry. Bio-psycho-social / cultural aspects of mental health treatments needed to be augmented with attention to safety, advocacy, and access to support networks.
Conclusions: Cultural factors are important determinants of mental illness. Psychiatrists need to be aware of DV and dowry when treating immigrant women.

• 出版日期2017-8