News tagged with intimate partner

Universal screening programs can uncover abuse, study finds

Screening every woman who comes to a health care centre does increase the number who acknowledge they have been abused by their partners, a new study confirms.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds reports of domestic violence rise 10 percent after NFL upsets

Calls to the police reporting men's assaults on their wives or intimate partners rose 10 percent in areas where the local National Football League team lost a game they were favored to win, according to an analysis of 900 ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A woman's blues bring a relationship down

Depression erodes intimate relationships. A depressed person can be withdrawn, needy, or hostile—and give little back.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Friendship and confiding in spouse eases stress over sexual issues in older men

A new study suggests that it may not help older men and women with sexual problems to talk to a doctor, but men who talk to their partner report greater happiness - and those who talked with friends felt less depressed.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0