Intimate partner violence and sexual coercion among pregnant women in India: Relationship with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 227-235

  Varma, Deepthi ^a   Chandra, Prabha S ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Carey, Michael P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Intimate partner violence; Pregnancy; PTSD; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34447286399     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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