title: Recent intimate partner violence among people with chronic mental illness: findings from a national cross-sectional survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  People with mental illness are at increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimisation, but little is known about their risk for different forms of IPV, related health impact and help-seeking.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the odds for past-year IPV, related impact and disclosure among people with and without pre-existing chronic mental illness (CMI).
  
  
  METHODS
  We analysed data from 23 222 adult participants in the 2010/2011 British Crime Survey using multivariate logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Past-year IPV was reported by 21% and 10% of women and men with CMI, respectively. The adjusted relative odds for emotional, physical and sexual IPV among women with versus without CMI were 2.8 (CI = 1.9-4.0), 2.6 (CI = 1.6-4.3) and 5.4 (CI = 2.4-11.9), respectively. People with CMI were more likely to attempt suicide as result of IPV (aOR = 5.4, CI = 2.3-12.9), less likely to seek help from informal networks (aOR = 0.5, CI = 0.3-0.8) and more likely to seek help exclusively from health professionals (aOR = 6.9, CI = 2.6-18.3).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People with CMI are not only at increased risk of all forms of IPV, but they are more likely to suffer subsequent ill health and to disclose exclusively to health professionals. Therefore, health professionals play a key role in addressing IPV in this population.
authors.affiliation: Hind Khalifeh, MSc MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Sian Oram, PhD, Kylee Trevillion, PhD, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London; Sonia Johnson, PhD, MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Louise M. Howard, PhD, MRCPsych, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK h.khalifeh@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Hind
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khalifeh
authors.affiliation: Hind Khalifeh, MSc MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Sian Oram, PhD, Kylee Trevillion, PhD, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London; Sonia Johnson, PhD, MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Louise M. Howard, PhD, MRCPsych, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: Sian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oram
authors.affiliation: Hind Khalifeh, MSc MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Sian Oram, PhD, Kylee Trevillion, PhD, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London; Sonia Johnson, PhD, MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Louise M. Howard, PhD, MRCPsych, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: Kylee
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authors.lastname: Trevillion
authors.affiliation: Hind Khalifeh, MSc MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Sian Oram, PhD, Kylee Trevillion, PhD, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London; Sonia Johnson, PhD, MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Louise M. Howard, PhD, MRCPsych, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Hind Khalifeh, MSc MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Sian Oram, PhD, Kylee Trevillion, PhD, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London; Sonia Johnson, PhD, MRCPsych, Mental Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London; Louise M. Howard, PhD, MRCPsych, Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: Louise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017281:Cost of Illness; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult