• The Clark County Domestic Violence Court has improved the County's ability to deal with domestic violence perpetrators and victims. • Given the apparent increase in domestic violence cases in Clark County there may be a need to allocate additional resources to the court. • There is a need to conduct an outcome evaluation of the Clark County Domestic Violence Court, with a specific focus on th...

BACKGROUND Domestic violence during pregnancy is a public health problem which violates human rights and causes an adverse effect on both maternal and fetal health. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of domestic violence among the pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic, to explore the associated factors, and to identify the perpetrators of domestic violence. METH...

OBJECTIVE A qualitative study examining women's perceptions and experiences of routine enquiry for domestic violence in a maternity service. DESIGN Purposive sampling was used to select a sub-sample from a larger group of women who participated in a domestic violence in pregnancy screening study undertaken at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in London. SETTING Interviews were conducted in wom...

CONTEXT Violent behavior is uncommon, yet problematic, among schizophrenia patients. The complex effects of clinical, interpersonal, and social-environmental risk factors for violence in this population are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence and correlates of violence among schizophrenia patients living in the community by developing multivariable statistical models to ass...

Introduction: Domestic violence is a global phenomenon which during pregnancy, not only affect mother’s health, but can also directly or indirectly have an abusive effect on fetus’s health. Objective: The objective of the present study is to determine the relationship between domestic violence during pregnancy with its consequences on pregnant women referring to public maternity ho...

The relationships among women's experiences of domestic violence, community violence, and their mental health functioning were explored (N = 94). Social contagion theory was used to argue for the link between community violence and family violence. Results revealed that women's experiences of domestic violence were not related to community violence. Furthermore, women's mental health functionin...

Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate selected cognitive functions in victims of domestic violence, and to examine the correlation between these functions and the intensity of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Material and methods. Psychomotor speed and visuospatial working memory were evaluated by the means of the Trail Making Test (TMT) A and B. The presence an...