Two women who endured decades of intimate partner violence have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy — the first cases of CTE in victims of domestic violence in Australia and two of just a handful globally.
Two women who endured decades of partner violence have been diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy .
Though CTE is likely to be found only in the most extreme examples of domestic violence, experts say the discovery of these new cases underscores the importance of screening victims for the disease at autopsy — and the urgency of supporting women to leave violent relationships.
'It's too late when they come to me': We should be screening for CTE in domestic violence victims, experts say "We were astounded by the burden of health comorbidity carried by the women in this series," said Kristen Dams-O'Connor, the study's lead author. Approximately half had epilepsy, and chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, substance use and HIV were common, she said.
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