Domestic violence and mental health

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 525-534

  Howard, Louise M ^a   Trevillion, Kylee ^a   Agnew Davies, Roxane ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Domestic Violence Training Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 78149268891     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.512283     Document Type: Review

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