Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women: A Swedish population-based longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is associated with a wide range of adverse outcomes. Although mental disorders have been linked to an increased risk of perpetrating IPV against women, the direction and magnitude of the association remain uncertain. In a longitudinal design, we examined the association between mental disorders and IPV perpetrated by men towards women in a population-based sample and used sibling comparisons to control for factors shared by siblings, such as genetic and early family environmental factors.

Methods and findings

Using Swedish nationwide registries, we identified men from 9 diagnostic groups over 1998-2013, with sample sizes ranging from 9,529 with autism to 88,182 with depressive disorder. We matched individuals by age an

SUBMITTER: Yu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6917212 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature