O'Connor Manjula
Hon Sen Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2017 Aug;25(4):351-353. doi: 10.1177/1039856217700464. Epub 2017 Mar 28.
This paper draws attention to the mental health impact of coercive practice of dowry demands, associated with domestic violence (DV) in an immigrant woman.
This study was based on a case report and selective literature review.
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.
Cultural factors are important determinants of mental illness. Psychiatrists need to be aware of DV and dowry when treating immigrant women.
本文提请关注与家庭暴力（DV）相关的索要嫁妆的强制行为对一名移民妇女心理健康的影响。
本研究基于一份病例报告和选择性文献综述。
该病例史说明了丈夫因对妻子的嫁妆不满而反复施加情感和身体创伤所造成的严重心理健康影响。心理健康治疗的生物 - 心理 - 社会/文化方面需要通过关注安全、宣传及获得支持网络来加以强化。
文化因素是精神疾病的重要决定因素。精神科医生在治疗移民妇女时需要意识到家庭暴力和嫁妆问题。
