Psychology & Psychiatry
When staying home is dangerous: Domestic violence during quarantine
COVID-19 has another terrifying side effect: a rise in domestic violence.
Apr 20, 2020
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News tagged with intimate partners
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Abused children and family, people with mental illness are more vulnerable in quarantine
Tens of millions of Americans fit that description—the poor, the homeless, immigrants, the detained and incarcerated, the precariously employed and the uninsured. Nearly one-quarter of adult Americans do not have access ...
Apr 6, 2020
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Health
These groups are most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic
How is the COVID-19 crisis impacting the most vulnerable among us?
Apr 1, 2020
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Health
Children miss more school when their mothers experience high physical violence
A new study published in Maternal and Child Health Journal, led by Anna M. Scolese, Master of Public Health student at George Mason University, found that 23.3% of women who experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) reported ...
Feb 13, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Unhealthy and unhappy: The mental toll of troubled relationships
Some forms of domestic violence double victims' risk of depression and anxiety disorders later in life, according to University of Queensland research.
Jan 28, 2020
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Health
Children of abused mothers 50% more likely to have low IQ
Children of women who reported domestic violence in pregnancy or during the first six years of the child's life are almost 50% more likely to have a low IQ at age 8, research finds.
Nov 26, 2019
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Health
Women raised in deprived neighbourhoods face an increased risk of intimate partner violence
Women who spend longer periods of their early lives in less affluent neighbourhoods are at greater risk of experiencing violence during their early adulthoods at the hands of their intimate partners, finds a new study published ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Health
Talking with trained doctors can help abused women
Women who are experiencing intimate partner violence feel better supported, more confident, and less depressed when trained family doctors counsel them, according to new research in the journal Family Practice.
Nov 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bloodlines may matter more than love when it comes to health
Strained relationships with parents, siblings or extended family members may be more harmful to people's health than a troubled relationship with a significant other, according to a study published by the American Psychological ...
Nov 7, 2019
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Study calls for forensic nursing exams to include concussion evaluation
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are not evaluated during standard forensic nursing exams following a domestic violence assault, strangulation or rape. But researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix ...
Oct 23, 2019
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