New Developments in Intimate Partner Violence and Management of Its Mental Health Sequelae

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Stewart, Donna E ^a,b   Vigod, Simone ^a   Riazantseva, Ekaterina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Intimate partner violence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHRONIC STRESS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL COERCION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84951870143     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-015-0644-3     Document Type: Review

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