ArticleDeutsches Arzteblatt international2020
Domestic Violence Against Men-Prevalence and Risk Factors.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Increasing familial engagement in family violence services: a systematically conducted realist review of barriers and facilitators.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The health effects associated with physical, sexual and psychological gender-based violence against men and women: a Burden of Proof study.Nature human behaviour · 2025Pooled it
- Tools for the identification of victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery in remote services: A systematic review.Journal of health services research & policy · 2025Pooled it
- Changes in Prevalence and Severity of Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Trauma, discrimination, and intimate partner violence: intergenerational pathways in racially minoritized communities.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Identifying sexual health concerns, risk-taking and violence using the newly developed SEXIT Adult tool in a Swedish public outpatient sample.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Strengthening harm reduction strategies for boys and men in Australia: thinking differently about dominant discourses on gender-based violence.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Intimate Partner Violence Against Men in Germany-A Study on Prevalence, Victim-Offender Overlap, and the Role of Parental Violence.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- Male Victims of Domestic Violence: Clinical and Behavioral Insights from an Italian Hospital-Based Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices of women survivors of domestic violence and care seeking in Maputo City, Mozambique.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Sexual and reproductive health issues facing young people with perinatal HIV infection.AIDS (London, England) · 2025Article
- Coercive Control and Intimate Partner Violence: Relationship With Personality Disorder Severity and Pathological Narcissism.Personality and mental health · 2025Article
- Experience of Intimate Partner Violence-Related Head Trauma and Its Association With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Symptoms Among Community Dwelling Women and Men.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- "There Is No Peace", "We Are Just Persevering": Triggers, Manifestations, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Men in Kenya.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- Spatial variation of intimate partner violence and its public health implication: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Differential factors in the evaluation of the Palestinian administrative system of response to domestic violence.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Comparative cross-sectional study assessing specialized and general dentist readiness and barriers in performing routine domestic violence screening.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Registered report protocol: domestic violence and mental disorders: gender differences and cumulative effects in a Norwegian population.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Experiences of unplanned healthcare encounters from victims of intimate partner violence in Sweden.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Association between witnessing physical violence between parents and intimate partner violence against Bolivian men: A national cross-sectional analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), intimate partner violence is among the major risks to women's health around the world. Men, too, can be victims of domestic violence; like female victims, they tend to present initially with their injuries to a family physician or an emergency room. Domestic violence against men is thus a relevant issue for physicians of all specialties.
methodsThis review is based on publications retrieved by a comprehensive, selective search in the PubMed database and with the Google Scholar search service, as well as on a retrospective analysis of data on the injured persons, the aggressors, and the nature of the violence that was experienced and the injuries that were sustained.
resultsThe studies identified by the search yielded prevalence rates of 3.4% to 20.3% for domestic physical violence against men. Most of the affected men had been violent toward their partners themselves. 10.6-40% of them reported having been abused or maltreated as children. Alcohol abuse, jealousy, mental illness, physical impairment, and short relationship duration are all associated with a higher risk of being a victim of domestic violence. The reported consequences of violence include mostly minor physical injuries, impaired physical health, mental health problems such as anxiety or a disruptive disorder, and increased consumption of alcohol and/or illegal drugs.
conclusionThe prevalence of violence against men and the risk factors for it have been little studied to date. It would be desirable for preventive measures to be further developed and for special help to be made available to the affected men.
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