TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Difference in physical and mental health symptoms and mental health utilization associated with intimate-partner violence versus childhood abuse
JO  - Psychosomatics
A1  - Nicolaidis, Christina
A1  - McFarland, Bentson
A1  - Curry, Mary Ann
A1  - Gerrity, Martha
SP  - 340
EP  - 346
VL  - 50
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0033-3182
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.50.4.340
ID  - ref1
ER  -