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Community Psychology: Common Values, Diverse Practicesvictimization due to the practice of prescribing medicines that help mitigate the impact of the violence and awoman's health problems. In other words, the use of tranquilizers to relieve anxiety and depression are temporarymeasures but not the most effective means of intervention:yo tenía depresión, tenía mucha ansiedad, andaba con pastillas (…) andaba con pastillas, no teníanada (…) tuve dos sobredosis de pastillas y no sé (…)primero me las daba la, el, el médico decabecera, pero es que las de muy poquitas dosis no me hacían nada, me tenían que dar, o aveces cuando llevaba mucha ansiedad me tenían que inyectar para tranquilizarme (P.9)I was depressed, I had lots of anxiety, I was on pills (...) I was on pills, I didn't have anything (...) Ihad two overdoses of pills and I don't know (...) first she, the doctor would give them to me, but thesmall dosage ones didn't do anything for me, they had to give me, and sometimes when I had lotsof anxiety they had to give me a tranquilizer shot (P.9)Finally, we have been able to see that the process Latin American immigrant women who have suffered genderviolence in their close relationship go through after they break the silence to seek help. It tends to be a very longprocess, filled with various attempts to seek different institutional services. They face great obstacles to get out ofan abusive relationship as immigrants. Before ending, we need to put an accent on aspects that can be looked at,such as representations of these women as persons who are voiceless, indecisive, and simply victims ofviolence. Therefore, we need to shed light on the agency and strength of immigrant women who face manybarriers that impede their escape from an abusive relationship.ConclusionAccording to the data analysis through interviewees, there are many internal and external factors related to thedecision to break off and exit the abusive relationship. The process is lengthy and contemplates many attempts ofseeking help in different social services. Among the Latin American immigrant women that took part in thisresearch, it´s possible to identify some common factors that motivate the women to search for help: an increasein the frequency of violence, and the presence of sons/daughters. Although the immigrant women are vulnerabledue to the lack of social support, the immigrant condition, the need to find employment, and the difficulty ofcombining work with family duties, they have a capacity to resist that helps them find ways to escape violence.ReferencesAyuntamiento de Barcelona (2009). Informes Estadísticos: La población extranjera a Barcelona 2009. Extraído el3 de octubre de 2009 desde http://www.bcn.es/estadistica/catala/dades/inf/pobest/index.htmCantera, L. (1999). Te pego porque te quiero: La violencia en la pareja. Bellaterra: Servei de Publicacions de laUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona.Cantera, L. (2004). Más allá del género, nuevos enfoques de “nuevas” dimensiones y direcciones de la violenciaen la pareja. Tesis doctoral, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona.Cantera, L. (2005). Violencia en la pareja: espejo del atropello, desconstrucción del amor. In L. Cantera (Coord.),La violencia a casa (pp. 113-140). Sabadell: Fundació Caixa de Sabadell.Cantera, L. (2007). Casais e Violência: Um enfoque além do gênero. Porto Alegre: Dom Quixote.Caro, M. (2004). El desamparo de la mujer inmigrante maltratada. Socialmente Responsables: SeminarioPermanente de Derechos Humanos. Córdoba: Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucía.91