Intimate Partner Violence and its Complications: A Review of Medical and Mental Health Management
摘要
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has physical and psychiatric implications that pose considerable challenges to physicians and other mental health professionals. This review provides an overview of IPV for physicians and other mental health professionals with a practical clinical guidance on how to manage IPV in medical settings.
Recent FindingsResearch suggests that physical, sexual, and psychological IPV are associated with worse mental health, including symptoms of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as worse physical health outcomes, including worse cardiometabolic health and increased rates of some types of cancer. Critically, the bulk of IPV research involves samples with limited racial/ethnic, gender, or sexual diversity. Moreover, newer conceptualizations of IPV include a focus on power and control, yet there is little research on the health outcomes of coercive control, including economic abuse and reproductive coercion.
SummaryThis article provides an overview of physical and mental health outcomes for women who have experienced IPV. We also present several tools that may be used for screening and assessment of IPV and related mental health sequalae. Additionally, we provide options for treatment and management, including psychotherapy and pharmacological management of IPV.