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• How can domestic violence/IPV affect someone's health (mental, emotional, and physical? How can it affect employment, children and other adults?

• What insights can be made about the life experience of individuals/families impacted by DV/IPV?

• How can social work professionals and other fields collaborate to optimize the life of populations, particularly those experiencing IPV?

• How could professionals help people experiencing DV/IPV receive better access to quality healthcare or other services?

• What can a social worker be an agent/advocate of change?

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This posting discusses issues relating to domestic violence and intimate partner violence.

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Domestic violence/IPV can affect someone's health including mental, emotional, and physical in several ways. The negative effect on an individual's mental health includes restlessness, feeling overwhelmed, and a lack of motivation. Both domestic violence and intimate partner violence can cause sadness, depression, or anger. The impact on emotional health includes heaviness in the chest, increased heart rate, or headaches. The impact on emotional health because of IPV/ DV can cause shortness of breath, dizziness, or clenching of the jaw. Some of the physical effects include high blood pressure, muscle tension, or stomach problems. The physical effects of IPV/ DV also include aches, pains, and trouble sleeping. It can affect employment because of declining performance, poor quality of work, and high error rate. The impact of IPV/ DV on children is devastating. They may become aggressive, withdraw from other people, and have lower self-esteem. If the children are old they begin taking drugs/ alcohol, cut themselves from others, or develops eating disorders.

Life experiences of individuals or families affected by IPV/ DV are severe. Such experiences stimulate violence in families where it never occurred before. Further, there is a higher risk of substance abuse, chronic disease, or post-traumatic ...

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