TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - How does domestic violence affect women's mental health?
JO  - Women and health
A1  - Roberts, G. L.
A1  - Williams, G. M.
A1  - Lawrence, J. M.
A1  - Raphael, Beverley
SP  - 117
EP  - 129
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
N2  - In this paper we compare the mental health of women who reported domestic violence and women who reported no abuse in their lifetime. A longitudinal study was conducted with women, 16 to 74 years (n = 358), who attended the emergency department of a major public hospital in Australia. Our aim was to investigate the nature of symptoms and pattern of mental illness associated with domestic violence. The results of the baseline data reported in this paper showed that women who experienced abuse as adults suffered more ill-effects to their mental health than women who did not experience such abuse; also that women who experienced both adult and child abuse suffered more ill-effects than women who experienced abuse either as an adult or child.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0242
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -