A Study of Nature, Magnitude and Pattern of Domestic Violence in Psychotic and Non Psychotic Married Women
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Violence against women is a major public health and human rights issue in the world today. The problem of domestic violence is particularly serious in Asian Countries especially in India. Domestic violence, social and legal concept that, in the broadest sense, refers to any abuse—including physical, emotional, sexual, or financial—between intimate partners, often living in the same household. AIMS: In this study we assess the prevalence and frequency of different forms of physical sexual emotional and economical violence against women. To find out whether the frequency domestic violence differs psychosis vs non-psychosis groups MATERIAL AND METHODs:-The study sample comprised of 50 women is the age group of 16 to 40 year with Axis 1 disorder as per DSMN 4-TR. The sample was selected from the Department of psychiatry OPD of SS Hospital, BHU. In this study we use four types of questionnaire i.e. Domestic Violence questionnaire-1, Violence questionnaire-2. The questionnaire was used for identifying the various characteristics of domestic violence among females with mental illness. RESULTS: The finding of study Domestic Violence was observed in 64% of sample. In the subjects all categories of domestic violence like verbal violence66%, 48%, physical violence 46%, and economical violence 18%, sexual violence 14% dowry 8% and stridhan related violence 4% were present. In verbal violence ridicule and In physical violence slapping was more common , whereas 30% of sample was psychotic and 20% of sample non-psychotic Husbands were mostly responsible for violence in majority of cases and some women reported the involvement of husband’s parents.
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Indira Sharma
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