@article{ref1,
title="Women living with a history of physical and/or sexual abuse, substance use, and mental health problems",
journal="Qualitative health research",
year="2005",
author="Nehls, Nadine and Sallmann, Jolanda",
volume="15",
number="3",
pages="365-381",
abstract="Most researchers have studied physical and/or sexual abuse, substance use, and mental health problems separately or as a dual diagnosis, and from a theory-driven, empirical perspective. In this study, the authors examined these three phenomena together and from a phenomenological perspective. Thirty women each participated in an individual interview about living with a history of physical and/or sexual abuse, substance use, and mental health problems. Using a hermeneutic approach, a team of researchers analyzed the transcribed interview texts. They identified three themes: (a) being thrown: the cycle of abuse; (b) living life fearfully: a restricted world; and (c) helping: hearing my story. The results are significant, in that they challenge current assumptions underlying health care for women with histories of physical and/or sexual abuse, substance use, and mental health problems.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-7323",
doi="10.1177/1049732304272917",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732304272917"
}