Incidence of Wife-Battering in Male Psychiatric Hospital Patients
Are Special Treatment Programs Needed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13655125 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles G Watson (0009-0002-8391-6585, Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota, corresponding author), Angela M Rosenberg (Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota), Norman D Petrik (United States Department of Veterans Affairs), Norman Petrik (Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 563-566 |
| Publication date | 1982-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1982.51.2.563 |
| PMID | 7178358 |
| OpenAlex | W2082458342 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The authors surveyed 137 male admissions to the St. Cloud (Minnesota) Veterans Administration Medical Center to estimate the incidence of physical abuse toward wives/partners. Among those 101 who had lived with a woman, physical abuse was reported in 54 cases. However, the violence was judged “serious” by half or more of a panel of judges in only 23 of those cases. Moreover, serious violence within the previous year was reported by only 6 of these men. Since violence rated as serious by half or more of the judges and occurring within the past year was reported in only 4% of the sample, it appears that the need for special treatment programs for batterers is probably limited to a small minority of male psychiatric hospital patients
Incidence (geometry · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Wife · Child Abuse and Trauma · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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