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Current Reports on Perinatal Intimate Partner Violence

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Purpose of Review

The purpose of this study was to review the literature on perinatal intimate partner violence, focusing on recent knowledge to guide mental health professionals on the best approaches to identify and treat women exposed to perinatal intimate partner violence.

Recent Findings

Risk factors have been broadened from individual victim and perpetrator factors to include relationship, community, and societal factors which interact together. Better information is now available on how to identify, document, and treat women exposed to violence around the time of conception, pregnancy, and the postpartum period.

Summary

Recent information helps psychiatrists and other mental health professionals assist women exposed to violence related to the perinatal period; however, further research is needed to provide improved evidence for optimal interventions for better patient outcomes.

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  1. University Health Network Centre for Mental Health, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth Street, EN-7-229, Toronto, ON, M5G2C4, Canada

    Donna E. Stewart

  2. Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Simone N. Vigod

  3. Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, and of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Harriet L. MacMillan

  4. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Bengaluru, India

    Prabha S. Chandra

  5. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Alice Han

  6. Psychiatry and Mental Health Unit, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

    Marta B. Rondon

  7. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University, London, Canada

    Jennifer C. D. MacGregor

  8. University Health Network Women’s Health Program, Toronto, Canada

    Ekaterina Riazantseva

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Simone N. Vigod, Prabha S. Chandra, Alice Han, Marta B. Rondon, Jennifer C. D. MacGregor, and Ekaterina Riazantseva declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Donna E. Stewart has received a grant on Family Violence from Public Health Agency of Canada. Dr. Stewart has also received fees from Eli Lilly for membership on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Duloxetine Pregnancy Registry.

Harriet L. MacMillan was involved as a member of the WHO Guideline Development Group on Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Against Women. Dr. MacMillan has received grants from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Stewart, D.E., Vigod, S.N., MacMillan, H.L. et al. Current Reports on Perinatal Intimate Partner Violence. Curr Psychiatry Rep 19, 26 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-017-0778-6

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