Psychology and Law
2021. Vol. 11, no. 3, 131–155
doi:10.17759/psylaw.2021110310
ISSN: 2222-5196 (online)
Psychological and Psychiatric Problems among Women — Victims of Domestic Violence and Their Peculiarities during the COVID-19 Lockdown (Scientific Review)
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Keywords: domestic violence, mental disorders, acute stress response, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive reactions, COVID-19 coronavirus infection, lockdown
Journal rubric: Forensic and Clinical Psychology in Legal Context
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2021110310
Funding. The reported study has been conducted with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research as part of research project no. 20-113-501222/20.
For citation: Kachaeva M.A., Shishkina O.A. Psychological and Psychiatric Problems among Women — Victims of Domestic Violence and Their Peculiarities during the COVID-19 Lockdown (Scientific Review) [Elektronnyi resurs]. Psikhologiya i pravo = Psychology and Law, 2021. Vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 131–155. DOI: 10.17759/psylaw.2021110310. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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