abused women also suffer from depression anxiety and even posttraumatic stress disorder moreover there is evidence that violence against women has a direct economic impact according to one study conducted about years ago the cost of intimate partner violence in the united states alone was estimated to exceed us billion per year of which us billion were for direct medical and health care services and us billion for productivity losses due to absenteeism campbell globally it is estimated that up to per cent of women experience physical andor sexual violence in their lifetime unwomen