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The Abused Woman and Her Family of Origin
Author(s) -
Leach Cynthia L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1990.tb00304.x
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , context (archaeology) , family therapy , perspective (graphical) , psychology , transactional leadership , transactional analysis , medicine , child abuse , psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , psychotherapist , medical emergency , social psychology , paleontology , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
The abuse of women in significant heterosexual relationships is an important societal problem in the United States. Structural family therapy offers a useful perspective to nurse therapists working with abused women who have left the abusive relationship to rejoin their families of origin. Common errors are avoided if the abused woman and her family are diagnosed within the system's context of structural family therapy. Dysfunctional transactional patterns that originated in the abused woman's childhood or adolescent years can be challenged at their source.