Abuse-Related Injury and Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as Mechanisms of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Wuest, Judith; Ford‐Gilboe, Marilyn; Merritt‐Gray, Marilyn; Varcoe, Colleen; Lent, Barbara; Wilk, Piotr; Campbell, Jacquelyn C.

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00624.x

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“…In an earlier analysis, we found that PTSD symptom severity and lifetime abuse-related injury were each significant mediators of the relationships between both assaultive IPV and child abuse severity and chronic pain severity in women survivors of IPV. 24 Depressive symptoms may also be an important link between lifetime trauma and physical health outcomes. 25 In meta-analyses, depression has been estimated to affect as many as 47.6% of abused women 21 and to be moderately associated with physical partner assault.…”

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Pathways of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

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Journal of Women's Health

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Pathways of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

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“…8,37 Chronic pain frequently occurs in the absence of injury and may be associated with trauma through prolonged stress responses, causing pathological changes in stress responses, such as allostatic load. 38 The self-medication hypothesis posits that some individuals use substances to alleviate negative affect and physical discomfort. 39−42 Thus, it is not surprising that women with interpersonal victimization are more likely to receive prescriptions for psychotherapeutic drugs, including sedatives, anxiolytics, and painkillers, then women without partner violence.…”

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Nonmedical Use of Sedative-Hypnotics and Opiates Among Rural and Urban Women with Protective Orders

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2010

Journal of Addictive Diseases

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The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and risk factors for lifetime nonmedical use of sedative-hypnotics and opiates among a sample of rural and urban women with recent partner violence victimization (n=756). Nearly one third of the sample (32.8%) reported ever using illicit sedative-hypnotics or opiates. Nonmedical use of sedative-hypnotics and opiates was significantly associated with lifetime cumulative exposure to interpersonal victimization, rural Appalachian residency, past-year use of other substances and other substance-related problems, and lifetime unmet health care needs. Findings have implications for substance abuse prevention and treatment and victim advocacy programs.

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“…The conjugal context of violence in which some women find themselves increases their risk of developing various physical and mental health problems as well as social functioning and parenting problems [42][43][44][45]. Moreover, these women often find themselves isolated or forced to take time off from work due to difficulties at home [44].…”

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Concerted Practice-Based Actions in Intimate Partner and Family Violence: When the Children’s Well-Being Is the Central Concern

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Abstract:In Canada, the exposure of children to intimate partner violence is, along with negligence, one of the most frequent forms of maltreatment. Intimate partner violence raises important issues with regard to child custody and to the exercising of parental roles. The aid provided for children exposed to intimate partner violence covers a range of programs, in particular community services specializing in intimate partner violence, frontline social and health services, and child protection. However, these resource services do not share the same missions, or the same understanding of the problems and possible solutions, since they often operate in parallel networks. The complex situations of families confronted with intimate partner violence present considerable challenges in terms of collaboration between the different organizations. Action research was employed to develop an innovative concertation strategy that fostered collaboration between practitioners from different family resource services. The strategy, which was implemented in the Québec City region between 2011 and 2013, was then evaluated. This article presents the results of this evaluation as OPEN ACCESSSoc. Sci. 2014, 3 651 well as the positive outcomes that the concertation strategy had for the practitioners' practice and for the improvement of family services.

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Abuse-Related Injury and Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as Mechanisms of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Cited by 67 publications

References 46 publications

Pathways of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Pathways of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Nonmedical Use of Sedative-Hypnotics and Opiates Among Rural and Urban Women with Protective Orders

Concerted Practice-Based Actions in Intimate Partner and Family Violence: When the Children’s Well-Being Is the Central Concern

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