Perfil psiquiátrico em agressores de violência doméstica : Há adoecimento por trás das agressões? Uma revisão sistemática.

Abstract

Intimate partner aggression is a form of common and under-reported violence in our society. This work aims to investigate the reasons why perpetrators commit such acts, analyzing if there is mental illness and which are the most frequent psychopathologies. Research was done on electronic databases (PubMed and Scielo), from 1998 to 2018. Population-based studies were included to determine a psychopathological profile of aggressors and excluded studies without methodological definition delineated or with biased evaluations. We found 499 articles, but only 5 were selected. There was a wide variation in the prevalence of psychopathologies among the aggressors. The most common disorders were substance abuse and antisocial and paranoid personality disorders. The variety on prevalence and the low number of studies undermines the definition if there is mental illness related to domestic violence. As for the most common pathologies, this study agrees with the one brought by the literature