Childhood abuse in Swedish female users of psychiatric services

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-371

  Nilsson, G ^a   Bengtsson Tops, A B ^b   Persson, L ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adulthood; Childhood; Domestic violence; Mental health; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT ADMISSION; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 19544370043     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2005.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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