Making the Links: Violence, Trauma and Mental Health

From the Ad Hoc Working Group on Women, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addictions Violence and trauma, including childhood abuse, sexual abuse, and intimate partner violence, are common in Canada. It is conservatively estimated that half of all Canadian women and one-third of Canadian men have survived at least one incidence of sexual or physical violence. Although both boys and girls are affected by family violence, four out of five victims of family-related sexual assaults (79%) are girls.