Impacts of violence

Some of the health and mental health impacts associated with experiences of violence and abuse include:

• Injury/ disability
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Pregnancy complications
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Drinking/ drug use
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Trauma

Economic impacts can include:

• Inability to work and loss of wages (e.g. health concerns, partner control);
• Lengthy and costly court battles;
• Loss of housing and property;
• Counselling and health care costs.

Some of the social impacts include:

• Lack of participation in regular activities;
• Prevented from learning English;
• Not knowing their rights and the services available;
• Trapped in abusive relationships;
• Isolation or alienation
  • family and friends;
  • cultural and/or religious