Community-based services and interventions for adults with disabilities who have experienced interpersonal violence: A review of the literature

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Lund, Emily M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

developmentally delayed; domestic violence; intervention; intervention treatment; sexual assault; vulnerability to abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 80052479059     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838011416377     Document Type: Review

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