Domestic Abuse
Preparing For Your Appointment
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment
If you have made an appointment with your doctor, you may be able to get the most from your visit by being prepared to answer the following questions:
- Have you ever been emotionally or physically abused by your partner or someone important to you?
- Have you been hit, slapped, kicked, or otherwise physically hurt by someone?
- Has anyone forced you to have sexual activities?
- Has anyone threatened you?
- Are you afraid of your partner or anyone else?
- Has the abuse increased recently?
- What kind of injuries has the abuse caused?
- Have you thought of committing suicide?
- Has the abuser threatened violence against your children? Is he or she violent toward your children?
- Has the abuser hurt a pet or destroyed things that belong to you?
- Does the abuser control most or all your activities every day?
- Has the abuser ever been treated for a mental health problem?
- Has the abuser threatened or tried to commit suicide?
- Does the abuse happen when the abuser is drunk?
- Does the abuser use legal or illegal drugs? Does the abuse happen when the abuser is "high"?
- Does the abuser have access to guns or other violent weapons?
- Do you have any risk factors that increase your chances for domestic violence?
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| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC | Last Updated: May 26, 2006 |
| Medical Review: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, FACP - Family Violence Prevention | |
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| Topic Contents | |
| Topic Overview | |
| Emergencies | |
| Check Your Symptoms | |
| Home Treatment | |
| Prevention | |
 | Preparing For Your Appointment |
| Other Places To Get Help | |
| References | |
| Credits | |