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Connection and disconnection in abusive relationships
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
|April 1, 1996
Topic:
The way in which women's need for connection can lead to destructive relationships in which emotional and physical paralysis is characteristic.
Purpose:
To demonstrate how a woman's sense of disconnection that occurs in abusive relationships may be misinterpreted or worse, labeled and stigmatized, by healthcare providers.
Source:
Theories of growth and development that emphasize how a woman's sense of self and value derive from being able to maintain highly empathic affiliations.
Conclusion:
The behavioral manifestation of disconnection must be understood so that healthcare providers can provide the most effective care possible.