Understanding Traumatic Brain Injuries in Intimate Partner Violence

• In Event: The Broad Reach of Intimate Partner Violence Across Groups and its Consequences

Abstract

This research is an exploratory qualitative study about survivors of domestic violence who have sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of the endured abuse. Findings detail the ways in which TBI was caused, the effects of TBI on the survivors’ day to day lives, and the resources the survivors have accessed to cope with TBI. This paper also examines the way TBI interacts with other comorbid conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (TBI), rape trauma syndrome, depression, and other relevant mental illnesses.

Author

• Allison Brooke Willingham, University of South Carolina