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Suffering in silence
- Author:
- BARRON Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 26.10.04, 2004, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Services for women experiencing domestic violence who also have mental health or substance misuse issues or woefully inadequate. Reports on 'Struggle to survive', a survey from the first part of the Women's Aid Mental Health and Domestic Violence project which identifies some of the gaps in existing service provision, and highlights resources needed to improve services in the future. Separate but related postal questionnaires were sent to refuge organisations other domestic violence services and professionals working with women experiencing domestic violence. Interviews and group discussions were also undertaken with service users.
Stress and psychiatric disorder in urban Rawalpindi: community survey
- Authors:
- MUMFORD David B., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, December 2000, pp.557-562.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Recent studies in rural areas of Pakistan have yielded high prevalence rates of common mental disorders, especially among women. This study investigates emotional distress and common mental disorders in a poor urban district using the same survey method. Results showed that, a conservative estimate 25% of women and 10% of men suffered from anxiety and depressive disorders. Levels of emotional distress increased with age in both men and women. Women living in joint households reported more distress than those living in unitary families. Higher levels of education were associated with lower risk of common mental disorders, especially in younger women. Emotional distress was negatively correlated with socio-economic variables among women. This study found levels of emotional distress and psychiatric morbidity in a poor district of Rawalpindi to be less than half those in a nearby rural village in the Punjab, although rates in women were still double those in men.
The validation of the trauma symptom checklist-40 (TSC-40) in a sample of inpatients
- Authors:
- ZLOTNICK Caron, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 20(6), June 1996, pp.503-510.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Examines the construct validity of the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40) in a sample of female psychiatric inpatients. Consistent with other findings, the TSC-40 displayed criterion-related validity in relation to childhood sexual abuse. Survivors of sexual abuse obtained significantly higher scores than those without such a history except in the Depression subscale.
Multiple challenges in services for women experiencing domestic violence
- Author:
- BARRON Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(1), February 2005, pp.11-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper is based on a survey of service provision for women experiencing domestic violence and who have additional complex mental health or substance abuse needs. Postal questionnaires were sent to domestic violence organisations, community mental health teams, mental health NHS trusts and substance use services. The views of women survivors of domestic violence were also sought. The survey, undertaken by Women's Aid, identifies some shortcomings in existing provision and makes recommendations for future development of services. More refuge provision is needed which can accommodate women with mental health and substance use needs and their children. Mental health professionals and those working in drug and alcohol services also need training in domestic violence to enable them to respond more appropriately to the needs of abused women and work effectively in partnership with refuge organisations.
Bad girls?: women, mental health and crime
- Authors:
- REVOLVING DOORS AGENCY, KING'S FUND
- Publisher:
- Revolving Doors Agency
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 46p., bibliog
- Place of publication:
- London
The results of a survey of 2,270 women in the criminal justice system found that 55% had a mental health problem and 18% had never had mental health treatment. In three police stations investigated staff identified 870 women who were vulnerable or had a mental health problem. 48% had never use mental health services and 36% had never had any type of mental health diagnosis.
A survey of 'violent women'
- Authors:
- HUCKLE P.L., THOMAS A.
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 115, January 1998, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
A survey of women who were charged with offences of violence against the person and who were referred to a tertiary NHS Forensic Psychiatric service for assessment over a six year period is described. The violent offences included murder, manslaughter and wounding. Psychiatric illness was often one of the many factors leading to the commissioning of the violent behaviour and crime.
Service responses to women with mental health needs
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Jennie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 7(1), March 2002, pp.6-14.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The authors suggest that we have reached a turning point in Britain in relation to mental health service provision for women. The article draws on a range of sources, including information gathered as part of a national programme to develop and pilot training for staff in secure services who work with women with mental health needs. It also looks at findings from a recent survey on attitudes to mental health services for women.
Mental health impact of child sexual abuse, rape, intimate partner violence, and hate crimes in the National Lesbian Health Care Survey
- Authors:
- DESCAMPS Monica J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 11(1), 2000, pp.27-55.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the prevalence and mental health sequelae of child sexual abuse, rape, intimate partner violence and hate crimes in a national sample of 1925 lesbians who participated as respondents in the National Lesbian Health Care Survey (1984-1985), the most comprehensive study on US lesbians to date. Analyses indicates that, relative to a comparison group, lesbians who had experienced child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence reported significantly more daily stress, depression, and alcohol abuse; those who had been raped reported significantly more depression and alcohol abuse; and those who had experienced hate crimes reported significantly more daily stress, depression and alcohol and drug abuse. Lesbians who experienced a physical hate crime reported significantly more daily stress and drug abuse compared to lesbians who experienced a physical assault that they did not perceive as hate-motivated.
Psychiatric care in the community: does it fail young men?
- Author:
- PAYNE Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 24(2), April 1996, pp.193-205.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Much of the interest in community care has stemmed from a feminist concern with the burdens placed on women as carers and, more recently, the needs of women who are cared as well as those carrying out caring work. Less has been written on the extent to which community care policy meets the different needs of men and women. This article draws on qualitative interview material to explore issues surrounding community psychiatric care for younger people, against a backdrop of increasing over-representation of men in hospital admissions, and asks how far community psychiatric care fails young men more than young women.
The long-term sequelae of childhood sexual abuse in women: a meta-analytic review
- Authors:
- NEUMANN Debra A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Maltreatment, 1(1), February 1996, pp.6-16.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The authors conducted a meta-analytic review of the relationship between a history of child sexual abuse (CSA) and psychological problems in adult women in 38 studies meeting rigorous research criteria. Across all symptoms, a significant association was found between history of CSA and adult symptomology. Analysis of the role of moderating variables indicated the associations were stronger among subjects recruited from clinical populations. When individual symptom domains were examined, anxiety, anger, depression, revictimisation, self-mutilation, sexual problems, substance abuse, suicidality, impairment of self-concept, interpersonal problems, obsessions and compulsions, dissociation, post-traumatic stress responses, and somatization all yielded significant associations with sexual abuse. These results are discussed in light of their relevance to research methodology and clinical intervention.