@article{ref1,
title="Difference in physical and mental health symptoms and mental health utilization associated with intimate-partner violence versus childhood abuse",
journal="Psychosomatics",
year="2009",
author="Nicolaidis, Christina and McFarland, Bentson and Curry, Mary Ann and Gerrity, Martha",
volume="50",
number="4",
pages="340-346",
abstract="Background: There 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. Objective: The authors assessed the associations between abuse, symptoms, and mental health utilization. Method: The authors performed a cross-sectional survey of 380 adult female, internal-medicine patients. Results: Although 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. Conclusion: IPV and childhood abuse may have different effects on women's symptoms and mental health utilization. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)<p />",
language="",
issn="0033-3182",
doi="10.1176/appi.psy.50.4.340",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.50.4.340"
}