The impact of community-based outreach on psychological distress and victim safety in women exposed to intimate partner abuse

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-221

  Deprince, Anne P ^a   Labus, Jennifer ^b   Belknap, Joanne ^c   Buckingham, Susan ^c   Gover, Angela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

coordinated community response; depression; intimate partner abuse; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 84860779463     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027224     Document Type: Article

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