title: The men's domestic abuse check-up: a protocol for reaching the nonadjudicated and untreated man who batters and who abuses substances.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Roger A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Roffman
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Edleson
authors.forename: Clayton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neighbors
authors.forename: Lyungai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mbilinyi
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: 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*