Lockdown, domestic abuse perpetration, and mental health care: gaps in training, research, and policy.

Lancet Psychiatry

Section of Women's Mental Health, Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Published: March 2021

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