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Mental Disorders in Victimization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M.P. Novakovic
Affiliation:
University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
R. Novakovic
Affiliation:
Nova-Medic, Private Ginecologic-Opstretric Clinic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
V. Despotovic
Affiliation:
Centar of Mental Health, Bijeljina, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Z. Maksimovic
Affiliation:
Centar of Mental Health, Bijeljina, Bosnia-Herzegovina
D. Novakovic
Affiliation:
Slobomir P University, Bijeljina, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Abstract

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Aim

The aim of this study was to show the importance of mental disorders in victimologic analysis in the sexual violence in B&H in the post-war period from January 1st 1999. to December 31st 2009.

Method

Mental disorders in victimization was tested on a sample of 175 non-violent female victims with mental disorders. The control group consists of 175 victims of violent victimization.

Results

In a regressive analysis, violent persons were separated from the non-violent ones by these redicting predictive factors: age (R = 0.731, df = 3, x2 =3 .341, P = 0.007 OR = 0.520 (95%), CI = 0.820–0.950), father's education, house, mother's prostitution, sexual abuse and desire for victimization. Members of the control group had more often lived as lodgers (R = 0.015, x2 = 4.431, P = 0.005, OR = 0.203, Cl = 0.390–0.492), with alcohol abuse and high rate of the family violence, nicotinism and sexual abuse. Psychological predictive factors in dividing non-violent from violent victims are: psychoticism (R = 0.791, x2 = 4.783 df = 1, P < 0.001, OR = 0.749, (95%) Cl = 0.368–0,936), HDRS - total: (R = 1.174, x2 = 10.341, df = 1, P < 0.001, OR = 0.770 (95%) CI = 0.650–0.910), incorporation of P = 0.001 in Plutchi's test. Conclusion: Sexual violence among mentally disordered persons makes 20.50% of all victimizations which were committed by patients with personality disorders and neurotic persons. It has been demonstrated that females in B&H were more exposed to sexual violence because of poor mental health protection and increased violence in the family. Transgenerational model of the stress transmission, victimization in microsocial model of violence.

Type
P02-527
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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