Counseling Abused Women

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This paper explores the role of social workers with women who have been physically abused. The writer discusses that social workers seeking to detect physical abuse need to concentrate on markers which can identify the potential emergence and/or presence of violence. The paper points out that behavior patterns can serve as a non-visual marker. Further, the writer notes that psychological damage can occur due to the impact of abuse.

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"A significant problem in helping abused women is determining when women are victims of abuse. While it might appear as though detecting the victim of abuse would be a simple task, the reality of the situation is that abused women can come from any demographic population. Victims of physical abuse are arguably easier to detect as there might be commonalities in their patient history or there might be singular events in which their abusers went over the limits of physical tolerance and their victim required medical or legal attention. Even these conditions, however, are rare. It is estimated that approximately 9 million women within the United States are the victims of physical abuse, and less than 3 million women have been officially recorded as the victims of physical abuse."

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