Domestic violence is associated with substantial healthcare costs, with direct medical and mental healthcare costs approximating £1,730 million per annum in the UK and $4.1 billion in the USA, with additional societal costs. Īs a consequence of the substantial physical and psychiatric morbidity associated with domestic violence, ,, victims have increased use of health services compared to those not abused. Research on the prevalence of domestic violence within same-sex relationships is limited however, evidence from the USA increasingly suggests that the prevalence is similar across same-sex and heterosexual relationships. Globally, prevalence estimates of lifetime experiences of physical or sexual partner violence among women range from 15%–71%, with past year estimates ranging from 4% and 54%. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.ĭomestic violence is an international public health problem, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every year. KT and SO declare no competing interests.
Howard are members of the WHO Guideline Development Group on Policy and Practice Guidelines for responding to Violence Against Women and the NICE/SCIE Guideline Development Group on Preventing and Reducing Domestic Violence. The funder had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: Gene Feder and Louise M. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. This paper presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research scheme (RP-PG-0108-10084). Louise Howard also receives salary support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: The authors receive support from the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research scheme (RP-PG-0108-10084).
Received: SeptemAccepted: NovemPublished: December 26, 2012Ĭopyright: © 2012 Trevillion et al. Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Citation: Trevillion K, Oram S, Feder G, Howard LM (2012) Experiences of Domestic Violence and Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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