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Safeguarding People With Multiple Sclerosis From Domestic Violence

JAMA Neurology 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.1057

May 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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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.

Corresponding Author: Claudia H. Marck, PhD, Disability and Health unit, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie St, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia (claudia.marck@unimelb.edu.au).

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