Can mental health treatments help prevent or reduce intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Tol, W A ^a,b   Murray, S M ^a   Lund, C ^c,d   Bolton, P ^a   Murray, L K ^a   Davies, T ^c   Haushofer, J ^e,f,g   Orkin, K ^h,i   Witte, M ^j   Salama, L ^a   Patel, V ^k,l   Thornicroft, G ^d   Bass, J K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Peter C Alderman Program for Global Mental Health at HealthRight International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics   (Kenya)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Low and middle income countries; Mental health; Multisectoral interventions; Systematic review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85061557550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-019-0728-z     Document Type: Review

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