Problema semeynogo nasiliya v tselom i takoy ego vid kak nasilie so storony supruga/partnera nad zhenshchinoy, privlekaet k sebe vnimanie uchenykh i praktikov vsledstvie chastoy vstrechaemosti i neblagopriyatnogo vliyaniya na lichnost' i zdorov'e vsekh chlenov sem'i. Vrachi mogut vnesti vesomyy vklad v preduprezhdenie intsidentov semeynogo nasiliya i reabilitatsiyu ego zhertv. Za poslednie gody v Rossii poyavilos' nemalo perevodnoy literatury po voprosam vovlecheniya meditsinskikh rabotnikov v programmy pomoshchi zhenshchinam, podvergavshimsya nasiliyu.Ne umalyaya dostoinstv zarubezhnykh podkhodov, sleduet priznat', chto prishlo vremya dlya razrabotki otechestvennykh modeley vyyavleniya i reabilitatsii postradavshikh ot nasiliya zhenshchin s uchetom osobennostey nashego mentaliteta i sistemy zdravookhraneniya. V knige predstavleny rezul'taty pervogo rossiyskogo issledovaniya v usloviyakh obshchey vrachebnoy praktiki mediko-psikhologicheskikh aspektov nasiliya so storony supruga/partnera nad zhenshchinoy v svyazi v zadachami organizatsii lechebno-psikhologicheskoy pomoshchi postradavshim. Kniga prednaznachena dlya issledovateley i praktikuyushchikh spetsialistov v oblasti meditsiny, psikhologii i sotsiologii, rabotayushchikh s problemoy semeynogo nasiliya.