Disclosure of abuse among female patients within general psychiatric care - a cross sectional study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ormon K ^a   Sunnqvist, C ^a   Bahtsevani, C ^a   Levander, M Torstensson ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult survivors of abuse; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SEXUAL ABUSE; STAFF; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84962019974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0789-6     Document Type: Article

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