List and describe the different forms of family violence, including the prevalence, causes, dynamics, and etiology. Explain how battered woman’s syndrome became part of the clinical literature and the role of these related behaviors in court trials

Discussion Question 2: The Causes and Dynamics of Family Violence
Context: This activity provides you with an overview of the incidence, prevalence, and demographics of family violence, examined through child and intimate partner abuse. You will see that a significant number of individuals, mostly women and children, but some men too, are victims of violent acting-out behavior by their intimate partners. These behaviors have given rise to formal clinical labeling, including battered child syndrome and battered woman syndrome. Both of these syndromes are being considered for formal inclusion in the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-V), scheduled to be released in May 2013.

Description: List and describe the different forms of family violence, including the prevalence, causes, dynamics, and etiology. Explain how battered woman’s syndrome became part of the clinical literature and the role of these related behaviors in court trials.

Delivery: Please post your response in the Discussion Forum. Make sure that you justify and support your response.