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International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience | ISSN: 1522-4821 | Volume: 20
July 25-26, 2018 | Vancouver, Canada
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
14
th
World Congress on
Mental Health and Wellbeing
5
th
World Congress on
&
People with mental disorders-victims of violence
Beata Karakiewicz
1
, Barbara Masna
2
, Paulina Zabielska
2
, Marta Giezek
2
, Katarzyna Karakiewicz-Krawczyk
3
and
Anna Jurczak
2
1
Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland
2
Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin,Poland
3
Independent Public Regional Hospital Szczecin, Poland
Introduction:
Violence is a common phenomenon in everyday life. It can affect anyone, regardless of gender, age, health
or economic status. Increasingly, attention is being paid to violence against women, children, the elderly and people with
disabilities, but there is still little talk about violence experienced either by people with mental disorders. The aim of the study
was to analyze the phenomenon of violence among people treated psychiatrically in the municipality of Szczecin, Poland.
Material and methods
: The research was carried out in Poland, in 2017, by means of a diagnostic survey. Our own
questionnaire was used for the study. It was used to carry out research on the phenomenon of violence among 95 people who
were psychiatrically treated, using help in day care centers for people with mental disorders. Respondents answered questions
about various aspects of the phenomenon of violence. They filled the questionnaire in the presence of a therapist, psychologist
or social worker.
Results
: Men treated psychiatrically more often experienced violence than women. The average age of the respondents was
about 45 years. Almost all respondents were single people (87 people). Physical violence was the most common among people
treated psychiatrically and experiencing violence (Fig. 1).
Conclusions
: Violence in the psychiatric community is a long-term phenomenon. The dominant duration of victim violence is
5 years and more. It is essential to introduce tools to verify the occurrence of violence among psychiatric patients by therapists
performing tasks for psychiatric patients.
Biography
Professor Beata Karakiewicz - Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin for the 2012-2020 term. Since 2005, the Head
of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Chair of Social Medicine. Her main point of interest in research are the issues concerning public health and
environmental medicine. Author of many publications touching on the problems of disabled people - both physically and mentally, the chronically ill, people addicted
to psychoactive drugs and HIV-positive people.
beata.karakiewicz@pum.edu.plBeata Karakiewicz et al., IJEMHHR 2018, Volume: 20
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C3-018