TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Santambrogio, Jacopo
AU  -  Fraterrigo, Tiziana R.
AU  -  Muratore, Giuseppina
AU  -  Del Corno, Alice
AU  -  Francia, Emma
AU  -  Mosca, Francesca
AU  -  Maissen, Jessica
AU  -  Di Giacomo, Ester
AU  -  Colmegna, Fabrizia
AU  -  Andreini, Elena
AU  -  Terrevazzi, Sergio
AU  -  Amatulli, Antonio
AU  -  Sofia, Michele
AU  -  Zagari, Antonino
AU  -  Tersalvi, Carlo Alberto
AU  -  Howarth, Emma
AU  -  Clerici, Massimo
T1  -  Intimate partner violence and witnessing domestic violence: 
a comparison of Italian and international evidence
PY  -  2025
Y1  -  2025-11-01
DO  -  10.1708/4617.46258
JO  -  Rivista di Psichiatria
JA  -  Riv Psichiatr
VL  -  60
IS  -  6
SP  -  232
EP  -  252
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-2502
Y2  -  2026/05/22
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1708/4617.46258
N2  -  Summary. The objective of this review is to examine the recent literature on intimate partner violence (IPV) and witnessing domestic violence (WDV) with a view to providing definitions, prevalence data for Italy and other countries, and for special populations (such as patients with severe mental illness), investigations into risk factors (alcohol, substances, child abuse) and the consequences for general and mental health. In addition to a free search with Google, Medline was interrogated, using PubMed and PsycInfo for both topics. A total of 757 publications were extracted from PubMed and 338 from PsycInfo for IPV and mental disorders, while 334 publications were found in PubMed and 205 in PsycInfo for WDV; updated epidemiological data was obtained from Italian websites (e.g. ISTAT, Office for National Statistics). We concluded that given the increasing incidence of domestic violence, health and academic institutions should frame the phenomenon in epidemiological and clinical terms, providing updated research data to the stakeholders in order to improve treatment and prevention practices.
ER  -