The battered spouse syndrome.
This paper deals with spouse abuse problems. Male abuse of the female is preponderant statistically, but female abuse of the male also occurs, with unknown frequency. Four case histories and a brief resume of treatment approach are presented. The goal of treatment should be to correct the skew of the marriage, no matter which sex is being abused.
D002649:Child Abuse; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013179:Spouse Abuse