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- What is the difference between abuse, violence, mistreatment, or harassment?
- How can we explain violence between same-sex couples or violence from women towards men?
- What are the early signs that should put me on guard or make me stay away from that person?
- What should I do if I think I am being physically and psychologically abused?
- Does the system protect abused women? I'm worried about being left destitute, about losing custody of my children.
- How does gender-based violence, abuse, and mistreatment affect women's mental health?
- Can a woman who is going through or has gone through this situation recover emotionally?
- Is there any prevention training for women, to learn how to detect the signs?
- What are the protective factors against gender-based violence, with children and adolescents in mind?
- Is the lack of shared responsibility from one of the parents or guardians a risk factor for children?
- What can men do to prevent our daughters from suffering situations of violence and sexism?
- We know of a case of a woman who is being abused, and her children are being raised in an environment of violence. What can we do?
- Do sons and daughters reproduce patterns of gender-based violence in the future when they grow up in a home where this happens?
- How can we help a man who perpetrates gender-based violence to break out of this pattern of behavior?
- Why do women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience more gender-based violence? We have difficulty interpreting the other person's intentions, and our condition is not taken into account in court (their nonverbal language doesn't match their account). What can we do?
- Could you provide a checklist to keep in mind for the proactive detection of gender-based violence? Professionals have 10 minutes to visit women in person during primary care consultations.
- What can health professionals, social workers, and teachers do to better train themselves in this field and be able to detect and prevent it?
Could you provide a checklist to keep in mind for the proactive detection of gender-based violence? Professionals have 10 minutes to visit women in person during primary care consultations.
Carme Sánchez Martín
Clinical psychologist. Adult Mental Health Center of Cornellà
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
As you correctly point out in the question, the time limit is a difficulty in creating an atmosphere of trust, but perhaps it's worth highlighting the following:
- Interview the woman alone, ensuring confidentiality.
- Begin with indirect questions and gradually introduce subsequent questions, adapting the conversation to the interlocutor's responses:
- How is your relationship with your partner?
- What is your relationship like with the people you live with?
- How are arguments resolved at home?
- Have you ever felt fear? If the answer indicates tension or fear, explore further.
- There are specific protocols and questionnaires, although they require more time, such as the Protocol for assessing the risk of violence against women by their partner or ex-partner
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Carme Sánchez Martín
Clinical psychologist. Adult Mental Health Center of Cornellà
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Sonia Juan Abarca
Social Educator. Social care technician at the Information and Resource Center for Women (CIRD) Cornellà de Llobregat
Ajuntament de Cornellà de Llobregat