The psychosocial impact of child abuse: Rediscovering the poverty and psychiatric dimensions

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-38

  Pritchard, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Poverty; Psychiatric; Psychosocial outcome

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LAW; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SAFETY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0035023206     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/135525701750167483     Document Type: Review

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