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Domestic Violence

Friday's Progress Notes - June 23, 2010
Mental Health Information - Vol. 14 Issue 6
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Identifying and responding to intimate partner abuse
2. Solution-focused approach for treating victims
3. Parent-child access after domestic violence
4. Identifying domestic abuse in psychiatric patients
5. Checklist for dependency cases
6. Addressing male victimization
7. Intimate partner violence within LGBT communities
8. Military response to domestic violence


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Dear Colleagues,

Domestic violence is a serious public health problem. Statistics indicate that in the U.S. between 20% to 30% of women and 7.5% of men have been abused in their adult lives by an intimate partner. Today's newsletter focuses on issues related to this problem.

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Regards,
Jack

John L. Miller, MD


1. FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUND
National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization
These guidelines offer specific recommendations for assessing for and responding to domestic violence that may be applied to multiple health care settings.
http://www.endabuse.org/userfiles/file/Consensus.pdf

2. MEDSCAPE
Discovering Strengths and Competencies in Female Domestic Violence Survivors: A Solution-Focused Approach for Treating Female Victims
This paper describes a solution-focused approach for treating female domestic violence survivors.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/559404

3. JOURNAL OF THE CENTER FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND THE COURTS
Parenting Arrangements after Domestic Violence
This article discusses some of the controversies surrounding parent-child access and outlines practical guidelines within a clinical and legal context.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/cfcc/pdffiles/5_Jaffe.pdf

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4. CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE
Domestic Violence: How to Detect Abuse in Psychiatric Patients
Identifying domestic abuse and its concurrence with psychiatric disorders is critical to treatment and may save the patient's life. (Complimentary registration and login required.)

5. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES
Reasonable Efforts Checklist for Dependency Cases Involving Domestic Violence
Domestic violence affects a large percentage of the families in the dependency system. Too often this fact is unrecognized and unaddressed.

6. CROSS CURRENTS
Reaching Beyond Gendered Responses to Address Male Victimization
Abuse and violence have long been constructed along gender lines, with the dominant framework emphasizing male perpetrators and female victims.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=343

7. NATIONAL COALITION OF ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMS
Report on LGBT Domestic Violence
The purpose of this report is to bear witness to the reality of intimate partner violence within LGBT communities.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=344

8. BATTERED WOMEN'S JUSTICE PROJECT
The Military Response to Domestic Violence: Tools for Civilian Advocates
This handbook is designed for civilian advocates working with military victims of domestic violence - both active duty victims and partners of active duty service members.
http://www.bwjp.org/files/bwjp/articles/BWJP_Military_Part1.pdf


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