ReviewPloS one2022
Improving the mental health of women intimate partner violence survivors: Findings from a realist review of psychosocial interventions.
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- Pooled it
- Impacts of an abbreviated personal agency training with refugee women and their male partners on economic empowerment, gender-based violence, and mental health: a randomized controlled trial in Rwanda.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Perceived Difficulty Accessing Primary Health Care and Its Associations With Sociodemographic Factors and Exposure to Violence in a Violent Urban Community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Online Application of Imagery Rescripting for Pathological Affective Dependence (ImRs-PAD) in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Results From a Multiple Case Series.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2026Article
- Feasibility of a Low-Intensity Task-Shared Intervention for Common Mental Disorders in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in India: A Mixed Methods Study.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Differences in Intimate Partner Violence Screening, Violence Exposure, and Risk of Lethality Among Veterans with Substance Use Disorders.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- A Global Examination on the Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: A Multilevel Modeling Analysis.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Depression and anxiety symptoms among Nepali women: a dose-response analysis of emotional abuse and coercive control.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Recovery after domestic, family and sexual violence: impact of a holistic clinical support program on victim-survivors.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- "You feel like an individual who matters"- the Beyond DV Recovery Pillars framework: its impact on the recovery and healing of victim-survivors of domestic, family and sexual violence.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Integrating mental health care to reduce intimate partner violence in complex humanitarian emergencies.The Lancet. Global health · 2025Review
- Exploring Emergency Healthcare for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence With Comorbid Psychological Distress.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- What Women Want: Mental Health in the Context of Violence Against Women in Sri Lanka-A Qualitative Study of Priorities and Capacities for Care.Violence against women · 2025Article
- Group intervention for intimate partner violence among female spouses of men with alcohol dependence syndrome: An open-label, single-group study.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and its association with pregnancy and childbirth complications: A prospective cohort study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Fearing a Partner During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Britain: Findings from Natsal-COVID.Journal of family violence · 2025Article
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- Intimate partner violence, depression, hazardous alcohol use, and social support among people with HIV initiating HIV care in Cameroon.PloS one · 2024Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) is highly prevalent and is associated with a range of mental health problems. A broad range of psychosocial interventions have been developed to support the recovery of women survivors of IPV, but their mechanisms of action remain unclear.
methodsRealist review following a prospectively published protocol in PROSPERO (CRD42018114207) and reported using the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards (RAMSES) guidelines.
resultsEvidence was extracted from 60 reviews and triangulated in expert consultations. Mechanisms of action were categorised as either associated with intervention design and delivery or with specific intervention components (access to resources and services; safety, control and support; increased knowledge; alterations to affective states and cognitions; improved self-management; improved family and social relations).
conclusionsFindings suggest that psychosocial interventions to improve the mental health of women survivors of IPV have the greatest impact when they take a holistic view of the problem and provide individualised and trauma-informed support.
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