Abbreviations -- Background -- Promoting Recovery in Mental Health -- Evaluation methods -- Finding: 1. Domestic and sexual violence policies -- 2. Confidence and competence of staff to respond to domestic and sexual violence -- 3. Satisfaction, health, and wellbeing of service users who have experienced domestic and sexual violence -- 4. Key stakeholders' experiences of the PRIMH project -- Key findings -- Recommendations -- References

Mental health services have a key role in responding to domestic and sexual violence. Women and men with mental disorders – including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorder, and psychosis – are more likely to be victims of domestic and sexual violence than are people in the general population. Recent research with mental health service users in London found that 70% of women and 50% of men had ever experienced domestic violence, while 27% of women and 10% of men had experienced domestic violence in the past year. Sixty-one percent of women reported having experienced sexual violence during adulthood, and 10% reported having experienced sexual violence in the past year. This report presents the findings of an evaluation of a strategic-level intervention – Promoting Recovery in Mental Health (PRIMH) - that aimed to improve the responses of Mental Health Trusts to domestic and sexual violence. (From the Background). AVA has compiled a summary report - follow the link. The baseline report and further information about this project is available on the website. Record #5440