Men Experience Domestic Violence, With Health Impact
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 09:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Domestic violence can happen to men, not only to women. Phone interviews with 420 randomly sampled adult male Group Health patients surprised researchers. They found 5 percent of the men had experienced domestic violence in the past year, 10 percent in the past five years, and 29 percent over their lifetimes. "We want abused men to know they're not alone," he said.