Research attention on men who batter their female partners has focused on psyr:hological and personality characteristics of the men. However, occupational status, educational attainment, and abuse history may have been confounded with the personality variables studied. This study made within-group and between-group comparisons of batterers and nonbatterers selected for "good" or "poor" psychoso...

BACKGROUND Domestic violence is a public health problem that is common across ethnic groups. The utility of validated screening tools to detect abuse in diverse populations remains largely unknown. OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to test the reliability and validity of a brief 4-question instrument, HITS, among predominantly Hispanic women. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional stud...

BACKGROUND There are conflicting findings on the influence of gender on responding to partner abuse. OBJECTIVES We aimed to explore gender differences in family doctors' views, attitudes, experiences and practices regarding intimate partner abuse against women. METHODS We used the focus-group method with a stratified, randomized sample of family physicians. Three male and three female group...

Introduction. Relapse rate after opioid detoxification is very high. We studied the possibility that predetoxification patient characteristics might predict relapse at follow-up and thus conducted this 1-year follow-up study to assess the predictors of relapse after inpatient opioid detoxification. Materials and Methods. We conducted this study in our tertiary care institute in India over two-y...

Introducción: Las medidas restrictivas que optaron para aminorar el contagio por COVID-19 pudieron mantener e incluso incrementar los altos niveles de depresión y violencia, poniendo en riesgo tanto al feto como la madre. Objetivo: Identificar prevalencia factores asociados a gestantes peruanas durante pandemia COVID-19. El estudio: Estudio observacional-analítico, con 267 su tercer trimestre e...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and correlates of 4 types of elder abuse and neglect in a geriatric psychiatry service. METHOD We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective chart review of new in- and outpatients seen by the Montreal General Hospital Division of Geriatric Psychiatry in one calendar year. RESULTS Abuse or neglect was suspected or confirmed in 20 (16%) of 126 patients, c...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to identify the factors associated with domestic violence (DV) among women in Jeddah. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Outpatient departments of three tertiary hospitals in Jeddah. PARTICIPANTS Convenience sample of women, aged 15-70 years, at the outpatient and inpatient clinics. INTERVENTIONS Between 15 December 2011 and 30 May 2012, a psychologist and ...

BACKGROUND The Child Abuse Blame Scale - Physical Abuse (CABS-PA) was translated into Japanese and its subscale items modified by the authors according to the Japanese cultural context. The aim of the current study was to investigate the appropriateness, reliability, and clinical applicability of the CABS-PA Japanese version (CABS-PA-J). Modifications were made to enable the determination of ch...