Trial reportGlobal health action2016
Domestic violence and mental health: a cross-sectional survey of women seeking help from domestic violence support services.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- The epidemiology of domestic violence in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review.International journal of public health · 2019Pooled it
- Development of a brief measure of intimate partner violence experiences: the Composite Abuse Scale (Revised)-Short Form (CASR-SF).BMJ open · 2016Pooled it
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- Detection of domestic violence by community mental health teams: a multi-center, cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2017Trial
- Predictors of work ability among victims of severe interpersonal violence: a file-based study in Germany.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Safeguarding Victims of Domestic Abuse During COVID-19: Survivor Perspectives.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Health outcomes of victim-survivors accessing specialist domestic abuse services: the role of abuse experience, vulnerabilities and sociodemographic characteristics.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Classifying the Information Needs of Survivors of Domestic Violence in Online Health Communities Using Large Language Models: Prediction Model Development and Evaluation Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Integrating Domestic Violence Education into the Pharmacy Curriculum.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Contemporary Treatment of Crime Victims/Survivors: Barriers Faced by Minority Groups in Accessing and Utilizing Domestic Abuse Services.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Intimate Partner Violence: The Relationship Between the Stages of Change, Maintenance Factors, and the Decision to Keep or Leave the Violent Partner.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Exploring the pattern of mental health support-seeking behaviour and related barriers among women experiencing intimate partner violence in urban slums of Bangladesh: perspectives from multiple level stakeholders.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Mental health disorders and quality of life among Saudi women who have experienced domestic violence.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Intimate partner violence and stress-related disorders: from epigenomics to resilience.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
- The pandemic within a pandemic: mental health and wellbeing of racially Minoritised women experiencing domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- "He Stole My Meds to Get High:" The Mental Health and Well-Being of Women Abused by Intimate Partners and Their Disability Status.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- The relationship between spousal violence, maternal functioning, depression, and anxiety among Iranian postpartum mothers: a prospective study.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- "He Tells People That I Am Going to Kill My Children": Post-Separation Coercive Control in Men Who Perpetrate IPV.Violence against women · 2024Article
- Mental health outcomes of offspring exposed to parental intimate partner violence in Rwanda.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundDomestic violence and abuse (DVA) are associated with increased risk of mental illness, but we know little about the mental health of female DVA survivors seeking support from domestic violence services.
objectiveOur goal was to characterise the demography and mental health of women who access specialist DVA services in the United Kingdom and to investigate associations between severity of abuse and measures of mental health and health state utility, accounting for important confounders and moderators.
designBaseline data on 260 women enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a psychological intervention for DVA survivors were analysed. We report the prevalence of and associations between mental health status and severity of abuse at the time of recruitment. We used logistic and normal regression models for binary and continuous outcomes, respectively. The following mental health measures were used: Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure (CORE-OM), Patient Health Questionnaire, Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment, and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale to measure posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Composite Abuse Scale (CAS) measured abuse.
resultsExposure to DVA was high, with a mean CAS score of 56 (SD 34). The mean CORE-OM score was 18 (SD 8) with 76% above the clinical threshold (95% confidence interval: 70-81%). Depression and anxiety levels were high, with means close to clinical thresholds, and more than three-quarters of respondents recorded PTSD scores above the clinical threshold. Symptoms of mental illness increased stepwise with increasing severity of DVA.
conclusionsWomen DVA survivors who seek support from DVA services have recently experienced high levels of abuse, depression, anxiety, and especially PTSD. Clinicians need to be aware that patients presenting with mental health conditions or symptoms of depression or anxiety may be experiencing or have experienced DVA. The high psychological morbidity in this population means that trauma-informed psychological support is needed for survivors who seek support from DVA services.
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