Domestic Violence and depression

TABLE OF CONTENTS

i Abstract…………………………………………….............................

ii Acknowledgement................................................................................. iii Background............………………………………………..................

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.2 Theoretical Perspective

1.2 Methodology

1.3 Ethics

Chapter 2: Discussion …........................................................................

2.1 What is domestic violence………………………………….

2.2 Causes of domestic violence………………………………..

2.3 Statistic of domestic violence ……… ………………………

2.4 Consequence of domestic violence on women's health ……………

Chapter 3: Defining depression ……………………………………………

3.1 Types of depression...........................…................................

3.2 Women and depression……………………………………….

3.3 Rate of depression …….........................................................

Discussion

3.4 Consequences of depression on women's life/health……………

3.5 Domestic violence links to women high rate of depression

Chapter 4: Finding Analysis.....……………………………………………...............

4.1 UK Policy relation to domestic violence…............................................. 4.2 Analysis of the policy from feminist perspectives..............................

4.3 Organisation and service provision……………………………………. 4.4 Effectiveness of the services available….....................

Conclusion

5.2 Recommendation………………….................................. 5.3 Reference list..............................................................................

CHAPTER NO 1: INTRODUCTION

1.3 Ethics

For any studies ethics play an important role and it is necessary to maintain the clear ethical point of view for the study conducted. For this study the interviews conducted were based on genuine informed consent and the names of victims of depression and domestic violence were kept confidential. The family information was kept confidential and they were informed about it. It is also necessary that the victim's names should be kept secret. The findings of the study also help in determining further recommendations for the problem of domestic violence.

CHAPTER 3: DEFINING DEPRESSION

3.3 Rate of depression

The rate of depression varies according to the nation's affluence but it prevails mostly in high income countries. Countries such as US have been reported as the highest level of depression. According to the World health organization, a World Mental Health Survey conducted in which interviews were taken from 90, 000 people in more than 18 countries. The mental health of these respondents was assessed using the major depressive episode (MDE) (Abrahams, 2011, p. 56). The World Health Organization estimates that depression affects more than 121 million people worldwide. The most affected were high income countries which showed that 15% of population has been a victim of depression once in their life (Abrahams, 2011, p. 56). On the other hand, people living in low to middle income countries are reported to have the disease at a very high rate. In US, the rate of depression is 19.2% which is the second highest throughout the world. In France, the rate of depression is 21% similarly other high income countries such as Germany, Japan, Israel and Italy it can be seen as ranging from 8 to 10%. Similarly, in low to middle income countries report much lower rate such as Mexico (7%), China (6%) these have the lower percentage of lifetime depression (Dutton, 2008, p. 567). In Brazil, the level of depression is 18% which is close to the percentage of US. The study also measured the rates of depression that occurred a year before the survey was conducted. Brazil was the highest among other countries in which the rate of depression was experienced a year before comprising of 10% of its population. The second highest rate was experienced in US which were 8%. Furthermore, Germany, Italy and ...