Reductions in Marital Violence Following Treatment for Alcohol Dependence.

Presents a study that assessed the impact of an intensive, individually based, partial hospitalization treatment for alcohol dependence on alcohol use, marital violence, psychological abuse and marital satisfaction among male patients and their partners in the U.S. Background on the efforts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reduce domestic violence; Chronic and acute health problems caused by marital violence; Limitations of the study.