ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2012
Patterns of depressive symptoms and antidepressant use among women survivors of intimate partner violence.
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- Examining the measurement of severity of intimate partner violence and its association to mental health outcomes: a narrative synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Cyber aggression within adolescents' romantic relationships: linkages to parental and partner attachment.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2015Article
- Predictors of prescribed medication use for depression, anxiety, stress, and sleep problems in mid-aged Australian women.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2014Article
- Gender inequality and structural violence among depressed women in South India.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2012Article
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purposeOne of the primary mental health responses of women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) is depression, yet little is known about the mental health and antidepressant use of women in the period after leaving an abusive partner. We investigate patterns of antidepressant use and depressive symptoms by various social indicators (parenting status, socioeconomic status, severity of abuse and disclosure of abuse). Second, we examine whether variation in antidepressant use is explained by higher rates of depression diagnoses and/or depressive symptoms, taking these social indicators into consideration.
methodsWe examine data from the Women's Health Effects Study, a community sample of 309 Canadian women who have recently left an abusive partner.
resultsBivariate results reveal that over 80% of women with elevated depressive symptoms are without diagnosis and antidepressant medication. Multivariate analyses show that antidepressant use is predicted by an indicator of economic disadvantage, with women who receive social assistance or disability benefits being more likely to report elevated antidepressant use, controlling for both depressive symptoms and depression diagnoses.
conclusionsDocumenting and explaining depressive symptoms and antidepressant use among IPV survivors provides insight into one of many possible treatment options available to women with depression, and sheds light on potential health disparities among this subgroup of the population.
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