Anxiety disorders and intimate partner violence: can the association be explained by coexisting conditions or borderline personality traits?

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 639-658

  Davoren, Mary ^a   Kallis, Constantinos ^a   González, Rafael A ^a   Freestone, Mark ^a   Coid, Jeremy W ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; borderline personality disorder; intimate partner violence; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCED PERSON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84964555388     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2016.1172659     Document Type: Article

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