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Ending the Cycle of Abuse in Battered Women Defenses

Susan Hatters Friedman, Renée Sorrentino and Jacqueline Landess
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2022, 50 (3) 381-387; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.220048-22
Susan Hatters Friedman
Susan Hatters Friedman is The Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Reproductive Biology, Pediatrics, and Law (Adj) at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Renée Sorrentino is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Jacqueline Landess is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Renée Sorrentino
Susan Hatters Friedman is The Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Reproductive Biology, Pediatrics, and Law (Adj) at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Renée Sorrentino is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Jacqueline Landess is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Susan Hatters Friedman is The Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Reproductive Biology, Pediatrics, and Law (Adj) at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Renée Sorrentino is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Jacqueline Landess is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin.
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vol. 50 no. 3 381-387
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.220048-22
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35985691

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  • Published online September 2, 2022.

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  1. Susan Hatters Friedman, MD,
  2. Renée Sorrentino, MD and
  3. Jacqueline Landess, MD, JD
  1. Susan Hatters Friedman is The Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Reproductive Biology, Pediatrics, and Law (Adj) at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Renée Sorrentino is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Jacqueline Landess is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin.
  1. Address correspondence to: Susan Hatters Friedman, MD. E-mail: SJH8{at}case.edu.

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Susan Hatters Friedman, Renée Sorrentino, Jacqueline Landess
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