Elder abuse is a growing problem in the United States. Incidents of physical and sexual abuse, as well as neglect, continue to rise as the population ages. Maltreatment of the elderly is associated with increased morbidity and mortality rate, as well as increased health care costs. Fear, shame...
OBJECTIVES: to assess prevalence and correlates of sexual health, reproductive health, sexual coercion, and partner abuse in a Canadian obstetrics and gynaecology outpatient population, and to determine whether women who report concerns in these areas have ever discussed them with their physicians. METHO...
Examined the relationship of sexual abuse to nightmare frequency and related sleep disturbance in 539 female university students. Ss completed a nightmare sleep history questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and a questionnaire that inquired into histories of sexual and physical abuse. 124...