Intimate partner violence and subsequent depression and anxiety disorders

ConclusionOur results suggest the need for sex-specific and integrated interventions addressing both IPV and mental health problems simultaneously. IPV interventions should be informed by the extend to which pre-existing anxiety and depression may lead to different psychological responses to the IPV experience. Increased risk of anxiety disorders predicted by emotional abuse experienced by males challenges beliefs about invulnerability of men in the abusive relationships and demands further attention.

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Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - January 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research