EXAMINING THE FORMS AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFECTS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILIES OF RUSSIA AND GHANA
Keywords:
domestic/family violence, anxiety, psychological aggression, victims, sexual abuse, depression, physical abuse, perpetrator, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse disorderAbstract
This article examines one of the current problems of modern society - domestic violence in the family. Family violence is also a substantial mental health concern. The neuropsychological phenomena in the area of family violence have not yet been sufficiently studied, which may reduce the effectiveness of prevention and the mental health treatment.
A full understanding of the phenomenon must include discussion of how often it occurs, in what forms, and to whom. This review defines violence in the family in its variant forms and examines the literature on the mental health effects associated with these abuse experiences.
The relevance of the topic is due to the insufficient study of the problem of family violence among male and female in Ghana and Russia considering various forms of abuses and the neuropsychological defects among victims. To date, sufficient material has not been accumulated to make a connection between the forms of violence and the neuropsychological defects.
The purpose of the study is to identify the main forms of family violence and to whom it occurs to, the common mental health defects.
The objectives are to review the scientific literature on this topic and summarize the findings.
In the course of the study, a number of domestic and foreign scientific works devoted to the problem of family violence were analyzed.
It was concluded that male victims of family violence are most of the times unwilling to talk or report their situations to the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) or Support Centers in Ghana and Russia which will enable the victims get support services such as counseling, and home visits to victims.
Likewise, male victims bear the effect of abuse with pain and torment. Unlike women, male victims shy away from letting other people know the cause of injuries they sustained as a result of domestic violence, they sometimes attribute their physical injuries to motor or other forms of accidents rather than exposing their spouses or partners. The psychological and emotional effects of violence on male victims are mostly borne in silence, this could have a more damning consequence on health situation and could result in other conditions such as high blood pressure.
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