Psychological and psychiatric consequences of violence against Women

Abstract

IntroductionDomestic violence against women has increasingly been recognized nationally and internationally as a serious problem. Violence against women is a troubling phenomenon in Russia. Meanwhile domestic abuse against women often results in long-term mental health problems.ObjectivesThe main aim of the study was to find out the psychological and psychiatric consequences of violence against women and to determine the origins of crimes committed by abused females.Materials and methodsA cohort of 18 females was examined by forensic psychiatrists. All women had committed crimes of violence (murders, attempted murders). Details of background, psychiatric and offending history were extracted. Each item was assessed with the help of descriptive statistics.ResultsA research has been carried out on the basis of psychiatric and forensic psychiatric assessment of two groups of women who had a long history of violence by their husbands or partners. Clinical assessment has revealed depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, post-traumatic stress disorder, drug abuse. All women underwent forensic psychiatric assessment as they had committed serious crimes of violence. The research has revealed two types of homicides. Women of the first subgroup displayed pathological altruistic motivation of their children. Women of the second subgroup had committed homicides of their husbands and partners whose violence towards women escalated in severity.ConclusionThe research shows the necessity of domestic violence prevention by legal provisions and multidisciplinary research with participation of psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists, human rights advocates and feminist societies.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Violência de gênero em mulheres estudantes universitárias: evidências sobre a prevalência e sobre os fatores associados

“…Além disso, são mencionados a depressão (Barchi et al, 2018;Barros et al, 2016;Damra & Abujilban, 2018;Kotan et al, 2020), ansiedade, baixa autoestima, abuso de drogas (Kachaeva & Shport, 2017) e risco de suicídio (Barchi et al, 2018;Kavak et al, 2018). Desse modo, a saúde psicossocial das mulheres que sofrem violência está ameaçada (Tetikcok et al, 2016).…”

Driving Factors and Actions Taken by Women to Confront Violence: Qualitative Research Based on Art

“…There is evidence that violence against women impacts their health and well-being. These impacts include medical or behavioral and psychiatric problems (Barnawi, 2017), such as depression (Barchi et al, 2018;Damra & Abujilban, 2018;De Barros et al, 2016;Kachaeva & Shport, 2017;Kotan et al, 2017), conversion disorder, and other somatoform disorders (Kotan et al, 2017), in addition to anxiety, low self-esteem, post-traumatic stress disorder, drug abuse (Kachaeva & Shport, 2017), and risk of suicide (Barchi et al, 2018;Kavak et al, 2018). Furthermore, women who experience violence are more likely to have low birth-weight children, are twice as likely to have an abortion, 1.5 times more likely to get HIV infection, and 2.3 times more likely to use alcohol (WHO, 2013).…”