Issues in mental health nursing
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Clinicians need information about what factors contribute to women child abuse survivors' mental health and success. Most previous research has focused on negative after-effects of abuse, and correlating types and severity of abuse with specific mental and physical problems in adulthood. Two qualitative studies (total N = 55) were done with low-income women survivors of child abuse and neglect from a midwestern inner city area. ⋯ Tentative clinical implications are discussed. The study was preliminary in that it was a secondary analysis. Suggestions for further research are outlined.