Vishal Bhavsar reports on a new RCT which looks at adding an Intimate Partner Violence intervention to a nurse home visitation programme, and the impact it can have on maternal quality of life.
[read the full story...]Younger mums may be at higher risk of mental health problems #ESMI
Jennifer Burgess summarises the results of a small cross-sectional study of young pregnant women at risk of mental disorders, which found that young women had greater odds of having a common mental disorder and CMDs were associated with living alone and abuse.
Follow #ESMI today on Twitter for all of the updates from the ESMI study day (Effectiveness of Services for Mothers with Mental Illness).
[read the full story...]High suicidality among people experiencing domestic abuse: findings from a mixed methods Refuge study #VAMHN
Roxanne Keynejad writes her debut elf blog about a recent study that investigates the prevalence of suicidality and associated factors in a large sample of people accessing Refuge services.
Follow #VAMHN on Twitter today for more from the Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network meeting in London.
[read the full story...]A psychological victory for the domestic violence and abuse sector: the PATH trial
Emma Yapp summarises two new studies out yesterday looking at the PATH intervention (Psychological Advocacy Towards Healing), a CBT-informed psychological intervention delivered by trained domestic violence and abuse (DVA) advocates in specialist services.
[read the full story...]Suicide risk following childhood interpersonal violence
Katrina Witt considers the findings of a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies, which looks at exposure to interpersonal violence in childhood, and the impact that it may have on risk of suicide in young people.
[read the full story...]Violence and women’s mental health: new review summarises the evidence
Nicky Lambert writes her debut Mental Elf blog on a recent review of violence and the impact that it has on women’s mental health
[read the full story...]Childhood maltreatment and bipolar disorder
Emily Currell writes her debut Mental Elf blog about a recent Lancet Psychiatry systematic review, which reports that childhood maltreatment is associated with an unfavourable course of bipolar disorder in adult years.
[read the full story...]Common mental health disorders linked with increased risk of violent reoffending in ex-prisoners
Ian Cummins considers the implications of a new cohort study of convicted prisoners in Sweden, which links psychiatric disorders with violent reoffending.
[read the full story...]Don’t Put Up With It! Video resource for women with learning disabilities affected by domestic violence
A recent research project set out to listen to and understand the experiences of women with learning disabilities who were victims of domestic violence. As a result, the project team produced a set of materials to provide information and advice.
Here we look at the video resource produced by the team.
[read the full story...]Preventing and responding to violence against disabled people – what works?
Professor Jill Manthorpe begins 2015 with a blog considering a systematic review on interventions to prevent and respond to violence against disabled people. She reflects on how social workers use systematic review papers as part of evidence based practice and gives some useful pointers for reading and getting the most from such studies.
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