About this Research Topic
Interpersonal violence is widespread within societies, and has often been a neglected or deliberately ignored set of issues in policy, law and practice.
For example, we note that child abuse has been often concealed by Institutions whose staff was responsible for perpetrating it, as evidenced in Government inquiries and reports in England (e.g. Independent inquiry into historical institutional abuse in England, IICSA, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse), in Australia (The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - ScienceDirect) and in Northern Ireland (Historical institutional Abuse Inquiry). It is only recently that sexual abuse has become a key feature in legislation and policy in most countries.
In addition, issues related to interpersonal violence between adults within domestic settings has also been an area which the public, politicians, and professionals have found it difficult to deal with (i.e. see National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) Domestic violence and abuse), which at times led to problematic and pathologizing interpretations of behaviours of those who have certain mental health problems, within both children’s and adults mental health and social care services.
The scope of the meaning of violence and aggression in this arena covers abuse, aggression and violence in interpersonal relationships, and the trauma arising from this.
The aim of this Research Topic is to address these matters in a systematic way, which will provide important evidence and lessons in moving forward in these areas in order to prevent and treat the often very serious effects of such violence.
We aim at tackling the causes, effects and treatments for mental health problems that relate to and arise from interpersonal violence. The Collection will cover these areas for patients/service users and carers, and also for staff who work with them. Amongst other areas, this can include patient/service user violence and aggression within inpatient and community-based health and social care settings.
Finally, we aim at providing a range of interlinked contributions addressing key areas for professionals and academics in terms of understanding and responding to the experiences and needs of those who are subjected to such aggression and violence, to include assessment and intervention models and methods with perpetrators as well as victims.
We welcome articles on, but not limited to, the following topics:
• domestic violence between partners;
• child abuse in family and institutional settings;
• safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and other adults in a household;
• violence and aggression between patients/service users within inpatient and community-based health and social care settings
• violence and aggression to staff.
For example, we note that child abuse has been often concealed by Institutions whose staff was responsible for perpetrating it, as evidenced in Government inquiries and reports in England (e.g. Independent inquiry into historical institutional abuse in England, IICSA, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse), in Australia (The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - ScienceDirect) and in Northern Ireland (Historical institutional Abuse Inquiry). It is only recently that sexual abuse has become a key feature in legislation and policy in most countries.
In addition, issues related to interpersonal violence between adults within domestic settings has also been an area which the public, politicians, and professionals have found it difficult to deal with (i.e. see National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) Domestic violence and abuse), which at times led to problematic and pathologizing interpretations of behaviours of those who have certain mental health problems, within both children’s and adults mental health and social care services.
The scope of the meaning of violence and aggression in this arena covers abuse, aggression and violence in interpersonal relationships, and the trauma arising from this.
The aim of this Research Topic is to address these matters in a systematic way, which will provide important evidence and lessons in moving forward in these areas in order to prevent and treat the often very serious effects of such violence.
We aim at tackling the causes, effects and treatments for mental health problems that relate to and arise from interpersonal violence. The Collection will cover these areas for patients/service users and carers, and also for staff who work with them. Amongst other areas, this can include patient/service user violence and aggression within inpatient and community-based health and social care settings.
Finally, we aim at providing a range of interlinked contributions addressing key areas for professionals and academics in terms of understanding and responding to the experiences and needs of those who are subjected to such aggression and violence, to include assessment and intervention models and methods with perpetrators as well as victims.
We welcome articles on, but not limited to, the following topics:
• domestic violence between partners;
• child abuse in family and institutional settings;
• safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and other adults in a household;
• violence and aggression between patients/service users within inpatient and community-based health and social care settings
• violence and aggression to staff.
Keywords: Causes, effects and treatment of violence and aggression in mental health and social care settings
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