Intimate partner violence and mental health effects: A population-based study among married women in karachi, pakistan

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-139

  Ali, Tazeen S ^a,b   Mogren, Ingrid ^c   Krantz, Gunilla ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Mental health effects; Suicidal thoughts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879607602     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-011-9201-6     Document Type: Article

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