Psychological interventions for common mental disorders in women experiencing intimate partner violence in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 173-190

  Keynejad, Roxanne C ^a   Hanlon, Charlotte ^a,b,c,d   Howard, Louise M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85078035974     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30510-3     Document Type: Article

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