"It's the little things" women, trauma, and strategies for healing

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1155-1174

  Stenius, Vanja M K ^a,b   Veysey, Bonita M ^a,c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Criminal Justice   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Justice and Mental Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Healing strategies; Recovery; Service delivery; Substance abuse; Trauma; Women social supports

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; BATTERED WOMAN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 25444448999     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505278533     Document Type: Review

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