violência doméstica e familiar

Saúde mental da mulher em um contexto de violência doméstica e familiar

Resumo: We aim to analyze the woman in a context of domestic and family violence, verifying the extent to which the violence suffered by her causes mental health problems, described by discouragement, agony and fear, as well as the determinants that lead the woman to remain in this relationship. violent. We opted for a qualitative research, observational and descriptive, whose object of study are the narratives of eight women who suffered and suffer psychological violence and who are already compromised in their mental health, with psychiatric and emotional consequences. The interviews took place with women victims of domestic and family violence, in the city of Teresina-PI, in 2018. For the analysis of the narratives, we considered two categories: the woman who suffers and lives with the aggressor and the woman victim who denounces the aggressor. We approach as a theoretical reference some reflections about the Maria da Penha Law, its objectives, effectiveness or flaws in its applicability, emphasizing the positioning of scholars. We found, with this study, that women are not always able to denounce the aggressor, given the situation of violence and fear in which she is inserted. A large portion of the interviewees claimed states of discouragement, agony and fear as the psychological and psychiatric consequences of this type of violence, causing them mental health problems. Keywords: health, domestic and family violence, women, psychological consequences, Maria da Penha Law. Expandir Resumo Acessar Texto Completo