TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in physical and mental health symptoms and mental health utilization associated with intimate-partner violence versus childhood abuse
AU - Nicolaidis, Christina
AU - McFarland, Bentson
AU - Curry, Mary Ann
AU - Gerrity, Martha
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=69249153015&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=69249153015&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1176/appi.psy.50.4.340
DO - 10.1176/appi.psy.50.4.340
M3 - Article
C2 - 19687174
AN - SCOPUS:69249153015
SN - 0033-3182
VL - 50
SP - 340
EP - 346
JO - Psychosomatics
JF - Psychosomatics
IS - 4
ER -