J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2003 Jan;42(1):5-13.

Family Violence: Psychiatric Aspects

• Kim KI

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
Psychiatrists have recently paid attention to family violence victims, possibly due to the increase of the case, difficulty in case finding and management, and unfavorable treatment outcome. In this review article, the author introduced knowledge and clinical guideline for desirable approach.
METHODS
This article was from review of articles and the author's 20 years clinical experience at the victim clinic.
RESULTS
Incidence of family violence in Korea is three fold higher than that of the United States and China. Batterers' personality and behavior pattern, their characteristic action of violence, victims' victimization process, victims' emotional and cognitive response, characteristics of victims' clinical behavior, desirable attitude of psychiatrists, and the 7 stage approach by the author were introduced.

Keyword

Spouse violence; Family violence; Posttraumatic stress disorder; EMDR

MeSH Terms

China
Crime Victims
Domestic Violence*
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
Humans
Incidence
Korea
Psychiatry
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Treatment Outcome
United States
Violence