Australian Catholic University
Australians who experienced intimate partner violence are more than twice as likely to have a diagnosable mental disorder, new national research has found.
Key findings:
- Study highlights substantial mental health burden associated with intimate partner violence, extending beyond physical violence to psychological and sexual violence.
- Bisexual Australians who had experienced intimate partner violence had particularly high rates of mental disorders, including anxiety, depression and PTSD.
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