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22 - Intimate Partner Violence: Aggression at Close Quarters

from Section IV - Sexual and Aggressive Impulses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2010

By
Christy M. McKinney  and
Raul Caetano
Edited by
Elias Aboujaoude  and
Lorrin M. Koran
Elias Aboujaoude
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Lorrin M. Koran
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
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Summary

This chapter provides an overview of the epidemiology and health-related consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a violent IPV episode as a single violent act or series of acts perceived to be related that occur over a given period of time. The National Family Violence Survey (NFVS), conducted in 1975, was the first national survey of IPV in the United States. Asian/Pacific Island women had lower lifetime prevalence of physical assault than white women. Similar trends were observed across race/ethnicity for the lifetime prevalence of IPV in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. Health care professionals, especially primary care providers and emergency room physicians, are often in a unique position to identify and connect victims of IPV with resources that can facilitate treatment and address safety.

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behavioral disordercalipersclomipramineobsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersdesimipraminenail biting
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Impulse Control Disorders , pp. 240 - 254
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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