Two People Jailed in Separate Domestic Violence Incidents

Angela Thomas — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:30:41 +0000

A Barksdale Airman and a Princeton woman are in jail following two separate domestic violence incidents. The Bossier Sheriff's Department says Wendy Bertrand was arguing with her live-in boyfriend of two years over paying bills, when he says she attacked him, biting and scratching him

Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Put Women at Higher Risk for Mental Disorders

Shauna Wright — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:41:48 +0000

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association states women who’ve been the victim of rape, sexual assault, stalking, or intimate-partner violence are much more likely to develop a mental disorder.

In the study, researchers in Australia found 57 percent of women who’d suffered at least one incident of abuse also had a history of depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress, substance abuse, or anxiety — including panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. That’s more than twice the rate of women who had no such abuse.

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Two People Jailed in Separate Domestic Violence Incidents

Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Put Women at Higher Risk for Mental Disorders