Differences in physical and mental health symptoms and mental health utilization associated with intimate-partner violence versus childhood abuse

dc.contributor.authorNicolaidis, C., McFarland, B., Curry, M., & Gerrity, M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-19T14:05:01Z
dc.date.available2014-06-19T14:05:01Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThere is ample evidence that both intimate-partner violence (IPV) and childhood abuse adversely affect the physical and mental health of adult women over the long term. In this study the authors assessed the associations between abuse, symptoms, and mental health utilization by performing a cross-sectional survey of 380 adult internal-medicine patients. They found that while both IPV and childhood abuse were associated with depressive and physical symptoms, IPV was independently associated with physical symptoms, and childhood abuse was independently associated with depression. Women with a history of childhood abuse had higher odds, whereas women with IPV had lower odds, of receiving care from mental health providers. They concluded that IPV and childhood abuse may have different effects on women’s symptoms and mental health utilizationen_US
dc.identifier.citationNicolaidis, C., McFarland, B., Curry, M., & Gerrity, M. (2009). Differences in physical and mental health symptoms and mental health utilization associated with intimate-partner violence versus childhood abuse. Psychosomatics, 50(4), 340-346.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://psy.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/50/4/340.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1483
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPsychosomaticsen_US
dc.subjectintimate partner violenceen_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjecthealthen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.titleDifferences in physical and mental health symptoms and mental health utilization associated with intimate-partner violence versus childhood abuseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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