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Strangulation
Did you know that manual strangulation is a very common form of domestic violence physical assault?
Further, strangulation seems to be an "orphan" medical event with no one medical specialty focusing on this form of assault. In addition, professionals working with victims of domestic violence now realize that strangulation attacks are often accompanied by the perpetrator banging the victims head on the floor or wall during the attack. This raises the possibility of simultaneous neck and head injury for the victim.
PTSD has long been recognized as a common aftermath of strangulation assault. Now we have to ask, in view of recent research on Iraq veterans surviving traumatic brain injury (TBI), whether or not the strangulation survivors have PTSD or TBI--or signs and symptoms of both conditions.
If you have a strangulation experience, directly or indirectly involving you, please share your story here.
To learn more about strangulation or to read the experiences of others, please visit: http://www.bluesheepdog.com/2007/11/09/investigating-domestic-viole....
Further, strangulation seems to be an "orphan" medical event with no one medical specialty focusing on this form of assault. In addition, professionals working with victims of domestic violence now realize that strangulation attacks are often accompanied by the perpetrator banging the victims head on the floor or wall during the attack. This raises the possibility of simultaneous neck and head injury for the victim.
PTSD has long been recognized as a common aftermath of strangulation assault. Now we have to ask, in view of recent research on Iraq veterans surviving traumatic brain injury (TBI), whether or not the strangulation survivors have PTSD or TBI--or signs and symptoms of both conditions.
If you have a strangulation experience, directly or indirectly involving you, please share your story here.
To learn more about strangulation or to read the experiences of others, please visit: http://www.bluesheepdog.com/2007/11/09/investigating-domestic-viole....
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Taliaferro, MD aka "DrT" on -
The health after trauma eZine for the first quarter of this year is dedicated to the issue of strangulation as a form of DV assault. To see the issue, click here.
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Permalink Reply by Victoria Hart on
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I have PTSD and suffered MTBI from auto accident combined with the trauma of the murder of my sister...they go hand in hand as far as my experience exhibits, and those of my friends who have had MTBI.
My sister was strangled to death 10 years ago next month by her boyfriend.
Victoria
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Taliaferro, MD aka "DrT" on
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Thanks for commenting, Victoria.
Does MTBI stand for "massive" Traumatic Brain Injury?
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