title: The battered spouse syndrome.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D002649:Child Abuse; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013179:Spouse Abuse