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Victimization and Mental Illness
Victimization and Mental Illness
Thursday, 19 July 2018: 08:30-10:20
Location: 802A (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)
RC49 Mental Health and Illness (host committee) Language: English
For a long time, violence in the context of mental health and illness was largely reduced to violent behavior of mental health service users. However, while there is a slight increase in violent behavior compared to general population, service users are at much greater risk of being victims of violence. Victimization comprises experiences of physical, sexual and/or emotional violence within domestic, public or institutional settings from childhood to adulthood. While we have some data on the prevalence of victimization in certain groups, there is only limited understanding of the causal relationship between victimization and mental illness, associations between victimization and violent behavior, the social and situational background, or gender related aspects of victimization. In this session, we welcome diverse contributions on the many facets of victimization among service users from socio-cultural, historic, individual, or institutional perspectives.
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