Domestic violence and mental health: a cross-sectional survey of women seeking help from domestic violence support services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Domestic 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.

Objective

Our 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.

Design

Baseline 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 recrui

SUBMITTER: Ferrari G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4748088 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature