Mental health needs of children exposed to intimate partner violence seeking help from mental health services

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1004-1011

  Olaya, Beatriz ^a   Ezpeleta, Lourdes ^a   de la Osa, Nuria ^a   Granero, Roser ^a   Doménech, Josep Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Functional impairment; Intimate partner violence; Mental health services; Mother's and father's parenting style; Parent psychopathology; Psychopathology; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952880290     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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