Goodstein R K, Page A W
Am J Psychiatry. 1981 Aug;138(8):1036-44. doi: 10.1176/ajp.138.8.1036.
The authors review some pertinent features of the battered wife syndrome, including definitions, incidence, characteristics of wives, injury profiles, setting of the violence, psychodynamics, role of alcohol, family backgrounds, characteristics of husbands, coping responses of wives, seeking help, social support systems, recognition of the battering syndrome, prevention and treatment, and group therapy. Although force has long been used as a resource in family politics, we have just started to understand some of its precipitants, social and clinical consequences, and treatment options. The battering syndrome is not a disease per se because it cuts across socioeconomic and diagnostic categories. Controlled studies and national attention are required in order to understand more about this costly problem, which poses a treatment dilemma to clinical psychiatry.
作者回顾了受虐妻子综合征的一些相关特征，包括定义、发病率、妻子的特征、受伤情况、暴力发生的背景、心理动力学、酒精的作用、家庭背景、丈夫的特征、妻子的应对反应、寻求帮助、社会支持系统、对殴打综合征的认识、预防和治疗以及团体治疗。尽管暴力长期以来一直被用作家庭纷争中的一种手段，但我们才刚刚开始了解其一些诱因、社会和临床后果以及治疗选择。殴打综合征本身并非一种疾病，因为它跨越了社会经济和诊断类别。为了更深入地了解这个代价高昂的问题，需要进行对照研究并引起全国关注，该问题给临床精神病学带来了治疗难题。
