Psychiatry · Psychiatry / Trauma-related syndromes
Battered woman syndrome
also: Intimate partner violence syndrome
Psychological pattern after repeated partner abuse.
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Subspecialty
- Psychiatry / Trauma-related syndromes
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: rare victims; Female: affected, almost all; Children: yes, exposed children
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Intimate partner violence syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Learned helplessness and cycles of violence.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
In plain terms, someone with Battered woman syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
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anxiety, depression
2 shared
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fear, hypervigilance
1 shared
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anxiety
1 shared
Capgras syndrome
anxiety
1 shared
Dhat syndrome
depression
1 shared
Empty nose syndrome
anxiety
1 shared
Exploding head syndrome
fear
1 shared
Hyperventilation syndrome
anxiety
1 shared
Hyperventilation tetany syndrome
anxiety
1 shared
Koro syndrome
anxiety
Shares genes with
None.
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