Researchers hope to improve brain injury diagnoses among domestic violence survivors

Roughly one in three Canadian women experiences intimate partner violence, and of those survivors between 60 and 90 per cent may experience a brain injury, Shultz said.

Rates of intimate partner violence jumped during COVID-19, with pre-pandemic estimates of around one in six women experiencing intimate partner violence and more recent estimates in the one-in-three or one-in-four range, Shultz said.

Brain injury can occur if a person is hit in the head or face, is shaken or is strangled. Despite the prevalence of brain injury in survivors of intimate partner violence, the issue hasn’t been rigorously studied. Link to full article here.