Domestic Violence

Female victims of domestic violence 75 times more likely to harm themselves

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 25th, 2003

Women who deliberately harm themselves are 75 times more likely to report physical and/or verbal abuse by a partner than women who do not harm themselves, indicates research in the September 2003 Emergency Medicine Journal.

The findings are based on a 2-week study of patients in the emergency medicine department at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, U.K., in 2001. During that period, 270 people out of a possible 307 agreed to complete a questionnaire on whether actual or threatened domestic violence by a partner had obliged them to seek emergency care. Data from 256 questionnaires were assessed.

There was no evidence that domestic abuse was...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2003-09-25)

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