Psychological consequences of Domestic Violence

Adjustment problems: After being subjected to torture and violence from loved ones and family, victims undergo adjustment problems where they are unable to adapt to situations and surroundings. Trust does not come easy to them and getting involved with the community and getting socially involved becomes difficult.
Anxiety: A complex combination of the feeling of fear, apprehension and worry often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, chest pain and/or shortness of breath.
Transient Psychosis: A serious but treatable medical condition that reflects a disturbance in brain functioning. A person with psychosis experiences some loss of contact with reality, characterized by changes in their way of thinking, believing, perceiving and/or behaving. For the person experiencing psychosis, the condition can be very disorienting and distressing.
Post traumatic disorder: A condition characterized by intense fear, helplessness, or horror resulting from the exposure to extreme trauma. The characteristic symptoms include persistent re-experiencing of the traumatic event, persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness, and persistent symptoms of increased autonomic arousal.
Panic disorder: An anxiety illness characterized by chronic, repeated, and unexpected panic attacks - bouts of overwhelming fear of being in danger when there is no specific cause for the fear. In-between panic attacks, persons with panic disorder worry excessively about when and where the next attack may occur.
Depression: More than just temporary blue mood, the despondency of depression is unrelenting and overwhelming. Some people describe it as “living in a black hole” or having a feeling of impending doom. They can't escape their unhappiness and despair.