Prevalence and Predictors of Domestic-Violence towards Wives by their Psychiatric Hospitalized Husbands.

Objective: Violence imposed on wives by their inpatient psychiatric husbands has not been studied yet. The current study surveyed the rates and predictors of violence committed by inpatient psychiatric husbands towards their wives.

Methods: A convenient sample of wives of 209 married male psychiatric inpatients completed a self-reported questionnaire.