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  • Title: Trauma and violence: the role of early abuse in the aggressive behavior of two violent psychotic women.
    Author: Bjørkly S.
    Journal: Bull Menninger Clin; 1995; 59(2):205-20. PubMed ID: 7795564.
    Abstract:
    The author explores the impact of early-life physical and sexual abuse on later-life violent behavior in two psychotic women. He proposes that their defending against the aftermath of early and severe abuse is a dynamic factor in the development and maintenance of violent behavior. He also focuses on the influence of maladaptive defensive operations and the impact of abuse on violence-triggering hallucinations and delusions. Finally, he contends that psychotherapy can contribute positively to enhanced control of violent behavior, even in severely violent and psychotic patients.
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