Domestic Violence and Suicide risk

Women who suffer domestic abuse three times as likely to attempt suicide

Safeguarding - adults and children

This article from the Guardian in the UK highlights risks to own in domestic abuse cases

Women who suffer domestic abuse are three times more likely than their peers to try to take their own life, new research reveals.

Those who have experienced sexual abuse within a relationship have an even higher risk of suicide, and are seven times more likely to have attempted to end their life.

Campaigners for women’s rights say the findings are “shocking and appalling” and should prompt GPs, midwives, jobcentre staff and others who come into contact with vulnerable women to start routinely asking them about their personal safety.

Victims of abuse by a partner are also more than three times as likely to self-harm and at more than double the risk of having suicidal thoughts.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/22/women-who-suffer-domestic-abuse-three-times-as-likely-to-attempt-suicide

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