RT Book, Section
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Smith, Mindy A.
A1 Chumley, Heidi S.
A1 Mayeaux, E.J.
SR Print(0)
ID 57671026
T1 Chapter 10. Intimate Partner Violence
T2 The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176964-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57671026
RD 2024/04/23
AB A  woman  who  fled  her  abusive  boyfriend  is  observed  sitting  at  a  table  with  other  women  in  a  residential  chemical  dependency  treatment  program.  Her  bruised  face  could  not  be  missed  (Figure  10-1).  The  program  physician  asked  to  speak  with  her  and  learned  that  her  boyfriend  beat  her  when  she  told  him  that  she  was  voluntarily  entering  this  program.  The  boyfriend  was  also  an  addict  and  had  been  physically  abusive  to  her  before.  The  violence  escalated  when  she  said  that  she  needed  help  to  stop  the  alcohol  and  drugs.  She  left  him  and  did  not  believe  that  he  would  follow  her.  The  program  management  assured  her  that  they  would  not  let  him  on  the  premises  and  would  do  all  they  could  to  keep  her  safe  while  she  was  recovering.  Figure  10-2  was  taken  2  months  later,  when  her  face  was  healing  along  with  her  mind  and  spirit.  She  completed  the  90-day  program  and  is  currently  working  and  actively  following  a  12-step  program.