Domains of common mental disorders in women reporting intimate partner violence.
Ariane Gomes Dos Santos, Claudete Ferreira de Souza Monteiro
PMID 30517584WHAT IT FOUND
Reported intimate partner violence was associated with anxious depressive mood, low energy and thoughts of ending life in 369 Brazilian women, but not somatic symptoms.
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Key findings
01Women reporting minor or severe physical abuse without sequelae were 1.82 or 2.58 times more likely to have anxious depressive mood symptoms.
02No statistically significant association was found between reported intimate partner violence types and somatic symptoms.
03Severe physical abuse with sequelae was associated with 7.3 times the chances of depressive thoughts.
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What it does not show
The study is cross-sectional, so it cannot show that intimate partner violence caused the mental-health symptoms. The SRQ-20 was used to identify suspected common mental disorder symptoms, not to make a psychiatric diagnosis; the paper states that ideal diagnosis would require consultation with a psychiatrist. All violence and symptom information was self-reported, and the analysis was bivariate, so the reported associations were not adjusted for other possible explanations. The sample was limited to women aged 20 to 59 years from five cities in Piauí, Brazil, so it may not apply to other populations.
Declared interests
The paper was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil, grant #443107/2014-9. The supplied text does not state author conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these associations as proof that intimate partner violence causes common mental disorders. The study is cross-sectional, and the SRQ-20 indicates suspected symptoms rather than a psychiatric diagnosis.