Violência doméstica em mulheres com transtornos mentais

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) conceptualizes violence as the intentional use of physical force or power, actual or threatening, against me, another person, a group or community that results or is likely to result. in injury, death, psychological damage, developmental disability or deprivation. One of the types of violence that has been most studied is domestic violence, in which it is practiced privately, caused by a family member who lives with or has na affective relation ship with the victim, and can present itself as a multicausal, multidimensional phenomenon, multifaceted and intransparent and associated with many factors, especially gender issues. Objective: To seek the meaning of the experience of the situation and domestic violence in women hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital to treat some kind of mental disorder. Method: Fifty women were interviewed during the period they were hospitalized for psychiatric treatment. The research was carried out in a psychiatric hospital located in Catanduva. The instruments used for the interviews were two questionnaires, one structured sócio-demographicwith 17 questions and another about the situation of semi-structured domestic violence with 12 questions, in order to be able to analyze social and discourse questions about the exposure. Results: 88% of the interviewed patients reported having been a victim of domestic violence; 61.36% suffered physical aggression; in 70.45% of cases the aggressor was the husband; 51.61% still live with the aggressor and 52.27% witnessed another family member also being a victim of domestic violence. Conclusion: Identify your self a high frequency of domestic violence in women with some type of mental disorder and that the experience of violence exposes women to a higher risk of suffering from mental problems. Factors such as social vulnerability, emotional dependence, alcoholism, chemical dependence and repetition of abusive relationships across generations appear associated with the dynamics of victims of domestic violence. Final considerations: It stands out the consequences that violence brings to the women's health- disease process and the need for health professionals to be prepared to deal sensitively and effectively with women seeking their help.