title: Partner violence impacts the psychosocial and psychiatric status of pregnant, drug-dependent women.
abstract: The present study compared pregnant, drug-dependent women reporting current partner abuse (n=26) or no partner abuse (n=76) at treatment enrollment on initial psychosocial and psychiatric functioning. Abused pregnant women presented with more severe alcohol and family/social problems and greater rates of psychiatric problems and comorbidity than nonabused women did. The abused women reported that their partners had greater rates of alcohol and illicit drug use, relative to the partners of the nonabused women. Results suggest that treatment should address the women's relationships with their partners, especially when substance abuse and violence issues are present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tuten
authors.forename: Hendrée E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Giao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Dace S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Svikis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health