COVID-19: urgency for distancing from domestic violence

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the prevalence of anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms among a large-scale sample of adolescents from China after the pandemic and lockdown, and found that negative family relationships, COVID-19 related exposure, and a lack of social support were the major risk factors for the post-pandemic mental health outcomes of adolescents.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the COVID-19 pandemic presents the "perfect storm" for family violence, where a set of rare circumstances combine, resulting in a significant aggravation of the resulting event.

Abstract: The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the world that affects global developments. Like other pandemics world is not just faced with the greatest global health shock but faced with the multi-dimension of COVID-19 effects. Like elsewhere Afghanistan is also hit strongly by the pandemic as in Afghanistan where there some other crisis was already existed from ongoing armed conflict to the struggles for peace, from lack of services to the limited infrastructure, from the increasing number of unemployment to the high gender inequalities all are the factors which are negatively impacting the economic and social stability of Afghanistan and its population as a whole and female in particular. COVID-19 has also affected female in different ways particularly in education, health and social sectors. Which needs urgent attention to be addressed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the challenges inherent in measuring coercive control and engage with current debates around the criminalisation of coercive control in NSW, as well as the conditions of COVID-19 lockdowns are likely to lead to an increase in coercive controlling behaviours.

TL;DR: Research on the mental and physical health sequelae of intimate partner violence is reviewed and increased assessment and interventions for intimate partner Violence in health-care settings are recommended.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first global systematic review of scientific data on the prevalence of two forms of violence against women: violence by an intimate partner (intimate partner violence) and sexual violence by someone other than a partner.

TL;DR: A systematic review of risk factors for intimate partner violence IPV was conducted and Comparisons to a prior review highlight developments in the field in the past 10 years.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined evidence from 85 studies to identify risk factors most strongly related to intimate partner physical abuse perpetration and victimization, and calculated effect sizes for 16 perpetration risk factors and 9 victimization risk factors.