Citation

Hegarty KL. Nurs. Clin. North Am. 2011; 46(4): 437-444.

Affiliation

Department of General Practice, General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria 3068, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cnur.2011.08.001

PMID

22055901

Abstract

Very strong links exist between abuse and depression in clinical practice. Abuse and depression often coexist in the victims and perpetrators of abuse. In nursing practice, responding to patients, particularly women, presenting with depression or depressive symptoms requires an understanding of the underlying and perhaps hidden issues of abuse and violence. Women who have experienced trauma often are diagnosed with depression, when in fact they have symptoms more consistent with posttraumatic stress disorder. Furthermore, depression often improves over time, when women manage to escape the abuse and violence in the relationship.

Language: en