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. 2013;10(5):e1001440.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001440. Epub 2013 May 7.

Intimate partner violence and population mental health: why poverty and gender inequities matter

Alexander C Tsai  1
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Intimate partner violence and population mental health: why poverty and gender inequities matter

Alexander C Tsai. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

Alexander Tsai discusses a new research study by Karen Devries and colleagues, and comments on the possible impact on public health of the study's insights regarding the relationship between intimate partner violence and mental health.

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Conflict of interest statement

AT acknowledges salary support from U.S. National Institutes of Health K23 MH-096620.

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Figure 1. Conceptual framework depicting connections between intimate partner violence and mental health, in the context of poverty, gender relations, and biological differences between men and women.
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