Domestic violence in patients visiting general practitioners - Prevalence, phenomenology, and association with psychopathology

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 635-640

  Marais, Adèle ^b   De Villiers, Pierre J T ^b   Möller, André T ^b   Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0032788017     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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