Domestic violence and mental health in older adults

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 464-474

  Knight, Lucy ^a   Hester, Marianne ^b  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abuse; adult; Domestic; health; interpersonal; mental; older; violence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEMENTIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ELDER ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ELDER ABUSE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 84990250193     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2016.1215294     Document Type: Review

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