Violence against Women and Mental Health
Violence against Women and Mental Health
复制标题
针对妇女的暴力行为与心理健康
DOI：
10.1159/000342029
复制
发表时间：
2013
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
Devries K
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Devries K
自杀通常被认为是男性问题。在本章中，我们提出了关于女性自杀行为普遍存在的证据，概述了解释女性自杀行为的选定理论，暴力与自杀之间相关性的证据，并对有关该主题的选定纵向研究进行了回顾。自杀率很高，来自 10 个不同国家（主要是低收入和中等收入国家）的女性数据表明，< 1% 至 12% 的女性曾尝试过自杀。历史上，女性在自杀研究中一直被忽视，但更现代的理论发展强调创伤在产生不良心理健康结果中的作用，强调了女性的暴力经历在自杀行为中可能发挥的潜在重要作用。与没有经历过暴力的女性相比，自称经历过各种童年性虐待和亲密伴侣暴力的女性尝试自杀的风险更高，纵向研究表明这种关系是一种因果关系。由于暴力暴露会增加自杀风险，因此减少自杀行为和改善女性心理健康的干预措施必须采用性别视角并解决女性的暴力经历。© 2013 S. Karger AG，巴塞尔。
Suicide is usually conceptualized as a men's issue. In this chapter, we present evidence on prevalence of suicidal behaviour in women, an overview of selected theories to explain women's suicidal behaviour, evidence on the correlation between violence and suicide, and a review of selected longitudinal research on the topic. Prevalence is high, with data from women in 10 different, mainly low and middle income countries suggesting that between< 1 and 12% of women have ever attempted suicide. Women have been historically neglected in suicide research, but more modern theoretical developments emphasising the role of trauma in the production of adverse mental health outcomes underline the potentially important role women's experiences of violence could play in suicidal behaviour. Women who report experiencing various childhood sexual abuse and intimate partner violence are at higher risk of attempting suicide versus women who have not experienced violence, and longitudinal studies suggest that the relationship is a causal one. Because violence exposure can increase risk of suicide, interventions to reduce suicidal behaviour and improve mental health among women must adopt a gendered perspective and address women's experiences of violence.© 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel.