Substance abuse and the domestic assault of women.
Social workers often meet with practice situations, sometimes unknowingly, where domestic assault coincides with substance abuse by the batterer or victim. Knowledge for practice in this complex area is both minimal and remote. This article examines current research on the involvement of substance abuse in woman abuse and discusses issues of assessment and intervention.
Bennett
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Jane Addams School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607-4577, USA.
D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence