RT Article
T1 What Women Want: Mental Health in the Context of Violence Against Women in Sri Lanka—A Qualitative Study of Priorities and Capacities for Care
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 3/4
SP 789
OP 812
A1 Palfreyman, Alexis
A2 Vijayaraj, Kavitha
A2 Riyaz, Safiya
A2 Rizwan, Zahrah
A2 Sivayokan, Sambasivamoorthy
A2 Thenakoon, T.H. Samanmalee
A2 Dayabandara, Madhubashinee
A2 Hanwella, Raveen
A2 Devakumar, Delan
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1916620965
AB Insufficient evidence guides mental health service development for survivors of violence against women in Sri Lanka. Provider and survivor perspectives on (1) what constitutes mental health, (2) quality of care, and (3) priority areas and stakeholders for intervention were identified through framework analysis of 53 in-depth interviews. Desired care is chiefly psychosocial—not psychological—prioritizing socioeconomic, parenting, and safe environment needs in non-clinical community settings. Our evidence points strongly to the need to strengthen non-mental health community-based providers as “first contacts” and reassessment of health system-centric interventions which neglect preferred community responses and more holistic approaches accounting for women's full circumstances.
K1 Sri Lanka
K1 psychosocial support
K1 Mental Health
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Violence against women
DO 10.1177/10778012241230326