Recommendations for psychological or psychiatric forensic assessment in victims of intimate partner violence in Colombia ; Recomendaciones para la valoración psicológica o psiquiátrica forense en víctimas de violencia contra la pareja en Colombia ; Recomendações para avaliação psicológica ou psiquiátrica forense em vítimas de violência por parceiro íntimo na Colômbia

This study intends to set recommendations which may serve as initial input in the development of a guide or a standardized procedure for forensic psychological or psychiatric assessments aimed at intimate partner violence (IPV) victims, compliant to the requirements of the national and international normativity, provided that, to the date, there isn’t a published Forensic Procedure by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences in Colombia. The intimate partner violence (IPV) is a human reality and a public health issue. The data collected in scientific investigations shows that, regardless of the gender, IPV is a compound, bidirectional, heterogeneous, multi causal situation [1]. A descriptive research with retrospective qualities is settled, where the existent normativity is overhauled, along with the current explanatory approaches and the forensic attention in Colombia, complemented by the guide published across the region for forensic psychological and psychiatric assessments in the last ten years. It is advised after such review, to verify the existence of violence through the forensic-clinical interview and the correct management of the available evaluation instruments as a way to deem the congruence of the testimony against the information outlined in the literature about psychological violence, and asses if it means a thread for the physical or phycological integrity of the victim, appraising the potential repercussions to consequently determine the causality nexus. To inquire about the victimization's impact and effect allows to support the judiciary investigation and contributes to the improvement of the victim’s life quality, restoring the condition prior to the traumatic experience. ; Este estudio se propone plantear recomendaciones que puedan servir de insumo inicial para la realización de una guía o procedimiento de valoración psicológica o psiquiátrica forense en víctimas de violencia contra la pareja (vcp), que cumpla las exigencias de la normatividad nacional e internacional, ...