Age at first exposure to violence and later mental health outcomes: A sex-disaggregated, multi-country analysis in sub-Saharan Africa

Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health: Deepening Our Understanding of Associations, Pathways, and Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

“…While mental health adversity is impacted by an ecology of multi-level risk factors, including family history, socio-economic status, and stigma, research and practice have highlighted the unique relationship between interpersonal violence and mental health [ 3 ]. Research has analyzed the complex interplay between gender-based violence and mental health to better understand how and why women and girls have a greater burden of internalized mental health disorders (i.e., depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms) compared to men and boys, and how and why men and boys have a greater burden of externalizing behaviors (i.e., substance use disorders, aggression, harmful alcohol use) compared to women and girls [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ].…”