Prevalencia de trastornos de estrés postraumático en víctimasreales de violencia de género

  1. Manuel Vilariño Vázquez 1
  2. Ramón Arce Fernández 1
  3. Irene Blanco Quinteiro 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Book:
Psicología jurídica: ámbitos de aplicación
  1. Expósito Jiménez, Francisca (coord.)
  2. M. Carmen Herrera (coord.)
  3. Gualberto Buela (coord.)
  4. Mercedes Novo (coord.)
  5. Francisca Fariña (coord.)

Publisher: Consellería de Presidencia, Administraciones Públicas e Xustiza ; Junta de Galicia = Xunta de Galicia ; Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense

ISBN: 978-84-693-9871-5

Year of publication: 2010

Pages: 383-397

Congress: Congreso Internacional de psicología jurídica y forense (7. 2013. Madrid)

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

The psychological injury is a key stone for the burden of proof inpsychological forensic assessment in gender violence cases. In forensic settings, a causal relation between the criminal act and the psychological injury must be probed. According to this legal compulsory and the international mental health treaties, i.e. DSM and ICD, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) presents the best goodness fit to this demand. Thus, psychological victimization of violence against women is measured through PTSD. Nevertheless, the non verification of PTSD in forensic assessment does not mean that the criminal act did not happen, but this did not imply a psychological injury. With the aim of quantifying the prevalence of PTSD among actual victims of gender violence, 25 real victims were evaluated by the clinical-forensic interview (Arce & Fariña, 2001). Results showed that 56% of the victims had developed the PTSD syndrome. Implications of the results for forensic practice are discussed.

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