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Table 2 Themes and subthemes

From: ‘Family court…sucks out your soul’: Australian general practitioners’ experiences supporting domestic violence survivors through family court

Theme

Subthemes

On different planets

• Mismatching paradigms between general practice and family court

• Being unable to understand a system that feels foreign

• The legal system being a roadblock for accessing care

Witnessing legal systems abuse

• Perpetrators using family court to further their abusive behaviour

• Family court participating in abuse

Weaponizing mental health in family court

• Gaslighting by family court and perpetrators

• Women feeling prevented from seeking help

Swinging allegiances

• GPs feeling loyal to their patient

• Questioning the validity of equal parenting rights in the context of domestic violence

• Persevering in their support role