Non-psychotic disorders in women who suffer violent abuse from their intimate partner and its consequences to the Public Health System
Abstract: The violence against women is a fact that is undeniably present in today's society and in previous ones, each with its most striking characteristics. In many cases of this type of violence, it is common to note that women who are raped by their intimate partners may develop some non-psychotic disorders. The article brings the importance of addressing this issue as a public mental health issue for them, in order to identify and highlight the impacts of inadequate treatment of women who developed such disorders. As a methodology, a bibliographic review was used, from 1994 to 2020, through the Scielo, Pubmed and Google Scholar database platforms, using keywords: Battered women; Health Services Misuse; Health Expenditures; Intimate Partner Violence and Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic . With the analysis it was possible to notice that the health system is not prepared to assist the victims, which implies an incorrect reception, followed by an inadequate treatment and that does not lead to an improvement of the condition. Thus, it perpetuates unnecessary spending on medicines and determines the recurrence of these people in the health system, since their demand is not met. In conclusion, inadequate treatment guided by unprepared health professionals to victims of intimate partner violence is a major determinant of unnecessary public health spending, and therefore it is necessary to quantify this impact to optimize treatment, bringing benefits to patients and investments in health that already suffer from precariousness.
Key words: Battered women; Health Services Misuse; Health Expenditures; Intimate Partner Violence and Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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