The scientific literature unanimously assumes that intimate partner violence (IPV) increases the vulnerability of victims to such an extent that the link between this type of violence and suicide appears to be particularly critical. The aim of this scoping review was to summarize the scientific evidence on the prevalence of suicide-suicidal ideation, attempts, and completions-in women who were victims of IPV admitted to emergency departments (EDs) due to suicide attempts. The review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for Scoping Review. The PubMed, Ebsco, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched using a string of Boolean operators that combined multiple synonyms of IPV, suicide, and EDs. The inclusion criteria were: adult women who were victims of IPV; being admitted to the ED for suicide attempts, and/or died by suicide; with or without a comparison group; and quantitative studies with all types of study design. The review included 22 studies from 1995 to 2023. All studies emphasized the extent to which a history of IPV particularly affects the psychological well-being of victims, limiting their sense of agency and impoverishing their identity and self-esteem, so that suicide was often seen as a way out of what had already occurred for many victims: a sense of psychological disintegration. A further urgency is to prevent the persistence of IPV, as this means preventing women from suicidal thoughts and attempts.
In the international context, there is a prevailing perception that conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) did not occur during the ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland (NI), commonly referred to as the 'Troubles.' This systematic review shows that CRSV did occur and was widespread and systemic. The review focused on women and girls of all ages in NI during the Troubles. It excluded CRSV outside NI. We searched PyschInfo, EMBASE, and APA Physcarticles (via OVID); PUBMED, CINAHL Ultimate, Criminal justice abstracts, Medline, peace research abstracts, and women's study international (via EBSCOHost); the ProQuest social sciences premium collection (25 databases including the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts); the Cochrane Library; Scopus; Web of Science; the first 10 pages of Google Scholar; and specialist websites (notably of Amnesty International, the UK Ministry of Justice, the NI Department of Justice, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [OHCHR]). Of 4,061 database results, 300 Google Scholar results, and 5,187 'reference list checking' searches, 47 publications met the inclusion criteria. Fourteen publications were identified through database searches, 8 publications through Google Scholar, and 25 publications through reference searches. The publications illuminate the experiences of women and girls in NI who suffered conflict-related sexual, physical, verbal, and psychological harassment, perpetrated by state or non-state actors, in community or criminal justice settings. Available accounts and testimonies show that violence was pervasive, widespread, and created intense fear and vulnerability.
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