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Dowry-related domestic violence and complex posttraumatic stress disorder: a case report
1Hon Sen Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Objectives:
This paper draws attention to the mental health impact of coercive practice of dowry demands, associated with domestic violence (DV) in an immigrant woman.
Methods:
This study was based on a case report and selective literature review.
Results:
This case history illustrates the serious mental health impacts of repeated emotional and physical trauma inflicted by a husband who was dissatisfied with his wife's dowry. Bio-psycho-social / cultural aspects of mental health treatments needed to be augmented with attention to safety, advocacy, and access to support networks.
Conclusions:
Cultural factors are important determinants of mental illness. Psychiatrists need to be aware of DV and dowry when treating immigrant women.
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