TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - Intimate Partner Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Women JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Woods, Stephanie J. SP - 394 EP - 402 VL - 20 IS - 4 N2 - This article presents a review of knowledge regarding post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women experiencing intimate partner violence. Knowledge related to the prevalence and predictors of PTSD in battered women, the association between PTSD and physical health, and the emerging science regarding PTSD and physiological and immune parameters is addressed. Primary recommendations for future research includes the need for longitudinal and intervention research that incorporates a range of psychosocial and physiologic health outcomes.

LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260504267882 ID - ref1 ER -