1. Battered Wife Syndrome
... be. It can be considered to bring mental illness or depression because of the perceived lack of control over the situation. In the situation of the battered woman, she may feel like she lacks any control over the situation, and is thus unable to avoid any later violent events and beating. The situation ... that she would never be able to get away from it. Thats where Battered Wife Syndrome could be a potential factor when the woman decides to regain control using violent force, and maybe even killed her abusive husband. Sometimes, the woman believes that the only way to stop her abuser f...
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