Intimate Partner Violence, Depression, PTSD, and Use of Mental Health Resources Among Ethnically Diverse Black Women

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 351-369

  Sabri, Bushra ^a   Bolyard, Richelle ^a   McFadgion, Akosoa L ^b   Stockman, Jamila K ^c   Lucea, Marguerite B ^a   Callwood, Gloria B ^d   Coverston, Catherine R ^e   Campbell, Jacquelyn C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; mental health; PTSD; violence; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BATTERED WOMEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876301648     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2012.745461     Document Type: Article

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