title: Spouse assault on mentally disordered wives.
abstract: To assess the prevalence and associated features of wife assault in psychiatric patients, 152 married women who had a psychiatric disorder and who were consecutively seen at or admitted to a psychiatric unit were assessed using a structured questionnaire. Forty-nine percent of the patients had been assaulted by their husbands. There was a significant relationship between hospital admission and recent assault. Parental violence and whether or not the husband had a criminal record were strongly related to wife assault. The wives' responses to the assaults were investigated.
authors.affiliation: Western Memorial Regional Hospital, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Carlile
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D009523:Newfoundland and Labrador / Q000453:epidemiology; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence