title: Exciting discoveries on the health effects of family violence: where we are, where we need to go.
abstract: In the 20 years since the founding of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, there have been exciting new discoveries on the long-term physical health effects of family violence. As exciting as these discoveries have been, we still know little about why the experience of family violence makes people sick. Some of the most promising areas of study on this topic will be in neuroscience, sleep studies, and cognitive variables such as hostility. Once we understand mechanisms, we can design interventions that can ameliorate these effects.
authors.affiliation: University of New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kendall-Tackett
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000592:standards; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States