Abstract
Background/Objectives: Suffering from severe mental health problems has many direct effects on people's life, on functioning, living situation, work potential and social relationships. Not as overt, but as harmful, can be the extra vulnerability and risk of becoming a victim of acts of aggression. Recent research showed that among psychiatric outpatients, the risk of becoming a victim of a violent crime is 10 times higher than for the general population even when controlling for demographic characteristics such as financial resources and place of residence. Questions can be raised as to whether this high prevalence is maintained among clients in residential care and what influence the shift towards increased community-based housing has on victimisation rates. In this study, we examine the prevalence of victimisation in a large European sample of clients living in residential mental health care facilities with a special focus on the relation between the level of social participation and victimisation.
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