Van Deinse Tonya B, Wilson Amy Blank, Macy Rebecca J, Cuddeback Gary S
School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, 325 Pittsboro Street, CB#3550, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
J Behav Health Serv Res. 2019 Apr;46(2):283-293. doi: 10.1007/s11414-018-9624-9.
Women with severe mental illnesses face high rates of violence victimization, yet little is understood about the unique needs and challenges these women present to the domestic violence and behavioral health agencies that serve them. To help address this knowledge gap, focus groups were conducted with 28 staff members from local behavioral health and domestic violence service agencies. Results from this exploratory study suggest that women with severe mental illnesses who experience intimate partner violence face additional challenges that exacerbate behavioral health and domestic violence issues and put these women at greater risk for continued victimization. DV and behavioral health agency staff experience individual-, provider-, and system-level barriers to serving this high-risk, high-need population. Recommendations and implications for domestic violence and behavioral health providers are discussed.
患有严重精神疾病的女性遭受暴力侵害的比例很高，但对于这些女性给为她们提供服务的家庭暴力和行为健康机构带来的独特需求和挑战，人们了解甚少。为了填补这一知识空白，我们与当地行为健康和家庭暴力服务机构的28名工作人员进行了焦点小组访谈。这项探索性研究的结果表明，遭受亲密伴侣暴力的严重精神疾病女性面临着额外的挑战，这些挑战加剧了行为健康和家庭暴力问题，并使这些女性面临持续受侵害的更大风险。家庭暴力和行为健康机构的工作人员在为这一高风险、高需求人群提供服务时，面临着个人、提供者和系统层面的障碍。文中还讨论了针对家庭暴力和行为健康提供者的建议及启示。
