Domestic Abuse Resources – Understanding Privileged Communication and Witness Testimony

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Privileged communication and expert witness testimony are two areas that battered women and abused men may come to know in their divorce proceedings. However, the way in which these two interact is not always clear. And unfortunately for some the consequences pose a significant loss.

This article is intended to help you clarify the way in which these two concepts interact and the impact it has on you.

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Psychological Abuse: Mental Illness by Layman’s Declaration

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

For almost every battered woman and abused man I work with, there is a layman’s label attached to the core of their self-perception. This label is typically bestowed upon them by their battering partner or by allies supporting his/her plight to save face and to discredit and silence the abused.

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Family Court Violence – When Psychiatry and Law Serve as the Batterer’s Club

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Institutionalizing battered women in psychiatric hospitals is as old as prostitution. It’s an effective way to silence and discredit them.

In My Own Practice

I remember a case over 20 years ago in my own practice of a patient referred by a social worker for a stress-related neuromuscular disorder. The referring social worker informed me that the young man’s birth mother was a schizophrenic who had been institutionalized when he was around five years old.

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