Onset of common mental disorders and suicidal behavior following women's first exposure to gender based violence: a retrospective, population-based study
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Authors
Rees, Susan
Steel, Zachary
Creamer, Mark
Teesson, Maree
Bryant, Richard
McFarlane, Alexander C.
Mills, Katherine L.
Slade, Tim
Carragher, Natacha
O'Donnell, Meaghan
Issue Date
2014-11-18
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Gender-Based Violence , Mental Disorder , Temporal Sequencing
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Abstract
Background:
Women exposed to gender-based violence (GBV) experience a high rate of common mental disorders and suicidal behaviour ("mental disturbance"). Little is known however about the timing of onset of mental disturbance following first exposure to GBV amongst women with no prior mental disorder.
Methods:
The analysis was undertaken on the Australian National Mental Health and Wellbeing Survey dataset (N = 8841). We assessed lifetime prevalence and first onset of common mental disorder and suicidal behaviour (mental disturbance) and exposure to GBV and its first occurrence based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3 (WMH-CIDI 3.0). We used the Kaplan-Meier method to derive cumulative incident curves for first onset mental disturbance. The two derived subgroups were women who experienced GBV without prior mental disturbance; and women never exposed to GBV stratified to match the former group on age and socio-economic status.
Results:
Amongst women without prior mental disturbance, common mental disorders and suicidal behaviour have a high rate of onset in the one and five year intervals following exposure to GBV. There is a particularly high incidence of PTSD in the first year following GBV.
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Citation
Rees, S., Steel, Z., Creamer, M. et al. Onset of common mental disorders and suicidal behavior following women's first exposure to gender based violence: a retrospective, population-based study. BMC Psychiatry 14, 312 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0312-x
Publisher
BMC Psychiatry