Intimate partner violence and mental health - Remarks from two Chief Editors on a joint publishing venture

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently estimated that one out of every three women will experience physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence by a non-partner during her lifetime (Abrahams et al., 2014, Devries et al., 2013). Both men and women can be victims as well as perpetrators of IPV, and pregnancy does not prevent it from occurring. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common form of violence against women, and there is a clear link with mental health both as a consequence and as a background etiology. IPV thus affects posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, risk of suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, while mental health consequences are often comorbid. Not only is mental health affected but also physical health. IPV prevalence has been estimated to be 38% in family medicine and 40% in emergency medicine (Sprague, 2013).

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Reference: 
Olff M,Wall S, | 2014
Global Health Action | 7 | september | 25711
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165046/
Affiliation author(s): 
ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre