Safeguarding People With Multiple Sclerosis From Domestic Violence
This Viewpoint examines the high prevalence, risk factors, health impacts, and underrecognition of domestic violence among people with multiple sclerosis and calls for improved clinician awareness, standardized research, and routine, trauma-informed safeguarding practices in neurology care.
Authors
- Andrea Hollomotz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3496-3924)
- Helen L. Ford
- Claudia H. Marck
- Yvonne C. Learmonth
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- Murdoch University (AU)
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Neurology
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.1057
- Primary Topic
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00