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Rape trauma syndrome (RTS) is the psychological trauma experienced by a rape survivor that includes disruptions to normal physical, emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal behavior. The theory was first described by nurse Ann Wolbert Burgess and sociologist Lynda Lytle Holmstrom in 1974.
On the psychometric scale for Stockholm syndrome, the three main components are: justifying an abuser through cognitive distortions, damage, ongoing psychological effects of abuse, and love. [ 6 ] Initially, the abuser is inconsistent in approach, increasing in intensity over time.
In 1979, Lenore E. Walker proposed the concept of battered woman syndrome (BWS). [1] She described it as consisting "of the pattern of the signs and symptoms that have been found to occur after a woman has been physically, sexually, and/or psychologically abused in an intimate relationship, when the partner (usually, but not always a man) exerted power and control over the woman to coerce her ...
Dr. Sally Smith was a child abuse expert assigned to the case of 10-year-old Maya Kowalski in 2016. ... from the All Children's doctors perspectives, pushy in treating her daughter's pain with ...
Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as fabricated or induced illness by carers (FII) and first named as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) after Munchausen syndrome, is a mental health disorder in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in another person - typically their child, and sometimes (rarely) when an adult falsely simulates an illness or ...
Factitious disorder imposed on self, also known as Munchausen syndrome, is a factitious disorder in which those affected feign or induce disease, illness, injury, abuse, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves.
[Here’s what you need to know about narcissistic abuse syndrome.] Stunned by extreme selfishness and callousness. ... But because my self-esteem and self-love were so low at the time, I ignored ...
Donny could also be trauma bonding with Martha, which occurs when a victim feels "increasingly worthless and ashamed due to the abuser’s actions" and "becomes dependent on their abuser to ...