Domestic violence in the emergency department: 1: Two case-control studies in victims

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-11

  Roberts, Gwenneth Lilian ^a   Lawrence, Joan M ^b   O'Toole, Brian I ^b   Raphael, Beverley ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VICTIM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUEENSLAND; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031047493     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(96)00119-3     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. 1. Hilberman E, Munson K: Sixty battered women. Victimology 2(3-4):460-470, 1977
2. 2. Post RD, Willett MD, Franks RD, et al: A preliminary report on the prevalence of domestic violence among psychiatric inpatients. Am J Psychiatry 137(8):974-975, 1980
3. 3. Herman JL: Histories of violence in an outpatient population: an exploratory study. Am J Orthopsychiatry 56(1):137-141, 1986
4. 4. Jacobson A: Physical and sexual assault histories among psychiatric outpatients. Am J Psychiatry 146(6):755-758, 1989
5. 5. Stark E, Flitcraft A, Zuckerman D, et al: Wife abuse in the medical setting: an introduction for health personnel. Rockville, Maryland, National Clearinghouse on Domestic Violence, 1981
6. 6. Gayford JJ: Wife battering: a preliminary survey of 100 cases. Br Med J 1:194-197, 1975
7. 7. Levine MB: Interparental violence and its effect on the children: a study of 50 families in general practice. Med Sci Law 15(3): 172-176, 1975
8. 8. Rounsaville BJ: Theories in marital violence: evidence from a study of battered women. Victimology 3(1-2): 11-31, 1978
9. 9. Hershorn M, Rosenbaum A: Children of marital violence: a closer look at the unintended victims. Am J Orthopsychiatry 55(2):260-266, 1985
10. 10. Wolfe DA, Jaffe P, Wilson SK, Zak L: Children of battered women: the relation of child behavior to family violence and maternal stress. J Consult Clin Psychol 53(5):657-665, 1985
11. 11. Jaffe P, Wolfe DA, Wilson S, Zak L: Emotional and physical health problems of battered women. Can J Psychiatry 31(7):625-629, 1986
12. 12. Hughes HM: Psychological and behavioral correlates of family violence in child witnesses and victims. Am J Orthopsychiatry 58(1):77-90, 1988
13. 13. Yellowless PM, Kaushik AN: A case-control study of the sequelae of childhood sexual assault in adult psychiatric patients. Med J Australia 160:408-411, 1994
14. 14. Roberts GL, O'Toole BI, Lawrence JM, Raphael B: Domestic violence victims in a hospital emergency department. Med J Australia 159:307-310, 1993
15. 15. Ochberg FM: Post-traumatic therapy and victims of violence. In Ochberg F (ed), Post-Traumatic Therapy and Victims of Violence. New York, Brunner Mazel, 1988, p 3
16. 16. Herman JL: Complex PTSD: a syndrome in survivors of prolonged and repeated trauma. J Traum Stress 5(3):377-391, 1992