The men's domestic abuse check-up: a protocol for reaching the nonadjudicated and untreated man who batters and who abuses substances.
Batterer intervention programs primarily work with individuals mandated to participate. Commonly, attrition is high and outcomes are modest. Motivational enhancement therapy (MET), most widely studied in the substance abuse field, offers a potentially effective approach to improving self-referral to treatment, program retention, treatment compliance, and posttreatment outcomes among men who batter and who abuse substances. A strategy for using a catalyst variant of MET (a "check-up") to reach untreated, nonadjudicated perpetrators is described in detail. Unique challenges in evaluating the success of this approach are discussed, including attending to victim safety and determining indicators of increased motivation for change.
Roffman
Roger A
RA
University of Washington, USA.
Edleson
Jeffrey L
JL
Neighbors
Clayton
C
Mbilinyi
Lyungai
L
Walker
Denise
D
D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010552:Personality Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012931:Social Environment; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods*