Abstract
To the Editor:
Miller and McCaw (Feb. 28 issue)
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offer a reminder of the importance of intimate partner violence in association with a variety of psychiatric and medical conditions. The consequences of intimate partner violence are frequently overlooked by health care providers, and opportunities for intervention and prevention are missed. That said, the term “intimate partner violence” should be recognized as identifying a dyadic process that involves both a victim (a person experiencing intimate partner violence) and a perpetrator (a person who uses intimate partner violence), often in a pathologic psychosocial context. Although the review article focuses on the victim, . . .
