Abstract

MEDEIROS, Mariana Pedrosa de  and  ZANELLO, Valeska. The relationship between violence and mental health of women in Brazil: an analysis of public policies. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp. 384-403. ISSN 1808-4281.

The gender violence has been widely associated with disorders in women's mental health, such as depression, anxiety, phobias, post traumatic disorders, suicide, eating disorders, etc. The purpose of this article was to analyze whether and how the public policies developed for women and those resulting from the Psychiatric Reform dialogue with each other regarding the impacts of violence in women's mental health. To accomplish this goal, an analysis of the three National Plans of Politics for Women (2004-2013), the Maria da Penha Law (2006), the National Politic of Combating Violence Against Women (2011), the four National Conferences of Mental Health (1987-2004) and the Law of the Psychiatric Reform (2001) was done, trying to point out the existence (or not) of the intersectionality between them. The analysis showed that the conversation between this documents still is incipient and that gender violence against women has not being treated as a risk factor to mental health. Therefore, it is important to give visibility to this relation an to come up with more effective interventions for the health care system deal with women who are or have been victims of violence.

Keywords : violence; health; gender; public policies.

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