The Commission

​The Violence Abuse and Mental Health Network has partnered with The Lancet Psychiatry to develop a Commission on intimate partner violence and mental health. The authors are a group of internationally renowned experts in IPV and mental health, including those with personal experience. The Commission provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of IPV and mental health and provides a roadmap to advancing mental health services, research and policy.

For more information and to read the Commission click here.

Watch more about the Commission

​The Commission can be used by practitioners, policy makers, commissioners, charities/NGOs and researchers. To find out how, watch this video from The Mental Elf featuring:

• Prof Helen Fisher, King's College London, UK
• Suzanne Jacobs, SafeLives, UK
• Prof Kelsey Hegarty, Safer Families Centre, Australia
• Prof Soraya Seedat, Stellenbosch University, South Africa​
• Prof Helen Minnis, University of Glasgow, UK 

Our co-authors and colleagues explain the problems addressed by the commission, how it was produced, what is in the commission for different people and our future priorities.

Read more about the Commission

For a summary of the key points we make in the Commission, you can read this blog by Rachel Milligan on the Mental Elf website. The blog summarises the important findings and recommendations from the paper, as well as their implications for practice and improving research. You can read the blog here.