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008			110331s1988 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aMullen, Paul E. _91773
245			_aImpact of sexual and physical abuse on women's mental health _cMullen, Paul E.; Walton, Valerie A.; Romans, Sarah E.; Herbison, G. Peter
260			_bElsevier, _c1988
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500			_aThe Lancet, 1988, 331(8590): 841-845
520			_aThe study discussed in this article investigated the relationship between women's current mental health and their past experiences of sexual and physical abuse, either in childhood or adult life. A questionnaire was sent to 2,000 women randomly selected from the electoral roles of five contiguous New Zealand parliamentary constituencies. Items in the questionnaire included social, educational, and medical status of the women, as well as the 28-item General Health Questionnaire, which assesses psychiatric symptomatology. A further sub-sample of women with high scores of psychiatric symptomatology were randomly selected for interview and inquires were made about the women's experience of sexual and physical abuse. It was found that a history of abuse correlated with raised scores on measures of psychopathology (20% of women who experienced sexual abuse as a child identified as having psychiatric symptoms of a depressive type compared with 6.3% of the non-abused population). In those women who had been physically or sexually abused in adult life, similar increases in psychopathology were also found. The authors conclude that the harmful effects of abuse can continue for many years.
650		0	_aADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES _94089
650		0	_aABUSED WOMEN _925
650	2	7	_aDEPRESSION _9192
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_2FVC _aNEGLECT _9401
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_aPREVALENCE _9457
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
650		0	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE
650	2	7	_9121 _aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
700	1		_aWalton, Valerie A. _92281
700	1		_aRomans, Sarah E. _92029
700	1		_aHerbison, G. Peter _91345
773	0		_tThe Lancet, 1988, 331(8590) : 841-845
830			_aThe Lancet _94435
856			_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(88)91600-5 _zRead the abstract
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