Ruth Tsigebrhan|Teshome Shibre|Girmay Medhin|Abebaw Fekadu|Charlotte Hanlon
Violence and violent victimization in people with severe mental illness in a rural low-income country setting: A comparative cross-sectional community study
Addis Ababa University|Addis Ababa University|Addis Ababa University|King's College London|Addis Ababa University|Addis Ababa University|King's College London
background violence perpetrated people severe mental illness smi important rarely investigated lowand middle income countriesobjective compare prevalence perpetrated violence violent victimization associated factors people without smi rural ethiopiamethod random subsample people standardized clinician diagnosis smi n 201 recruited existing populationbased study compared group unaffected individuals neighborhood n200the lifetime 12month prevalence violence violent victimization measured using adapted version mcarthur violence interviewresult lifetime 12month prevalence perpetrated violence people smi 284 174 respectively significantly higher nonmentally ill comparison group 150 85 respectivelymale gender literate violent victimization associated independently violence groupsin people smi violence associated additionally unmarried exposure