Domestic violence and mental health.
There are clear gender differences in the experience of domestic violence and associated mental health outcomes. There is also increasing evidence of chronic, severe and often long-term adverse mental health effects for victims. This paper explores these gender differences and the evidence on how mental health care services should respond to domestic violence. The authors argue that any strategy to reduce the burden of women's mental health problems should include efforts to identify, prevent or reduce violence against women.
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK. louise.howard@kcl.ac.uk
Louise M
LM
Howard
Kylee
K
Trevillion
Roxane
R
Agnew-Davies
D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*