@article{ref1,
title="Dowry-related domestic violence and complex -post-traumatic stress disorder: a case report",
journal="Australasian psychiatry",
year="2017",
author="O'Connor, Manjula",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="351-353",
abstract="OBJECTIVES:This paper draws attention to the mental health impact of coercive practice of dowry demands, associated with domestic violence (DV) in an immigrant woman.<br><br>METHODS:This study was based on a case report and selective literature review.<br><br>RESULTS: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.<br><br>CONCLUSIONS:Cultural factors are important determinants of mental illness. Psychiatrists need to be aware of DV and dowry when treating immigrant women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1039-8562",
doi="10.1177/1039856217700464",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856217700464"
}