NIH MeSH · D017579Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena

Domestic Violence

Also known asViolence, Domestic · Family Violence · Violence, Family

Definition

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another.Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone. (From: https://www.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh241/files/archives/factsheets/ojpfs_domesticviolence.html).

MeSH classification

  • I01.198.240.856.350
  • I01.880.735.900.350

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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D017579) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗