ID - 7202700 TI - Violence against women and mental health AU - Garcia-Moreno, G. AU - Riecher-Rössler, A. PY - 2013 VL - 178 SN - 16624874 SN - 9783805599887 3805599889 3805599897 PB - Basel Karger DB - UniCat KW - Battered Women KW - Violence KW - Women's Health KW - Stress, Psychological KW - psychology KW - prevention and control KW - therapy KW - Mental Disorders. KW - Mental Health. KW - Psychiatry. KW - Neurology KW - #ANTIL9509 KW - Psychiatrists KW - Psychiatrist KW - Mental Hygiene KW - Health, Mental KW - Hygiene, Mental KW - Orthopsychiatry KW - Behavior Disorders KW - Diagnosis, Psychiatric KW - Mental Disorders, Severe KW - Psychiatric Diagnosis KW - Disorder, Mental KW - Disorder, Severe Mental KW - Disorders, Behavior KW - Disorders, Mental KW - Disorders, Severe Mental KW - Mental Disorder KW - Mental Disorder, Severe KW - Severe Mental Disorder KW - Severe Mental Disorders KW - Mentally Ill Persons KW - Periodicals KW - Health Sciences KW - Public health KW - Vrouwenmishandeling KW - Geestelijke gezondheidszorg KW - Psychische stoornissen KW - Mental Disorders KW - Mental Health KW - Psychiatry KW - Psychiatric Diseases KW - Psychiatric Disorders KW - Psychiatric Illness KW - Psychiatric Disease KW - Psychiatric Disorder KW - Psychiatric Illnesses KW - Mental Illness KW - Illness, Mental KW - Mental Illnesses KW - Psychische stoornis KW - Battered Women - psychology KW - Violence - prevention and control KW - Stress, Psychological - therapy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7202700 AB - Violence against women is a global problem that includes domestic violence, sexual abuse of girls and women, trafficking of women, violence in humanitarian crisis settings, violence against female patients including abuse of doctor-patient relationships, and harassment and discrimination of women at the workplace. The mental sequelae of abused women includes posttraumatic stress syndromes, anxiety and depressive disorders, suicidality, substance abuse, and dissociative and somatoform disorders. However, to date, psychiatry and psychotherapy have widely neglected violence as an influencing factor on mental health.This book, which is the first comprehensive overview, discusses current evidence of the links between violence against women and mental health. It is authored by internationally renowned experts, and is both enlightening and thought-provoking. It reviews violence against women in different parts of the world and discusses its prevalence, nature and underlying causes. It looks at the implications of these findings for mental health policies and programs, and further, it strives to stimulate discussion and debate that will hopefully lead to pro-action not only in the medical but also in the political field.This book is essential reading for therapists and clinicians from varying fields, including psychiatry, psychosomatics, general medicine, and gynecology. It shall also serve as an important reference book for sociologists and policy makers. ER -