Lee Ann Hoff, Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services

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While a psychiatric diagnosis can serve a purpose in treatment plans, it should not become a tool to discredit a person’s disclosure of abuse.

Lee Ann Hoff, Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services

abuse-survivor disclosing disclosure discredit mental-disorders mental-health-stigma mental-illness mental-illness-stigma psychiatric-disorders ptsd survivors survivors-of-abuse

While a psychiatric diagnosis can serve a purpose in treatment plans, it should not become a tool to discredit a person’s disclosure of abuse.

Lee Ann Hoff, Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services

abuse-survivor disclosing disclosure discredit mental-disorders mental-health-stigma mental-illness mental-illness-stigma psychiatric-disorders ptsd survivors survivors-of-abuse

While a psychiatric diagnosis can serve a purpose in treatment plans, it should not become a tool to discredit a person’s disclosure of abuse.