Substance abuse interface with intimate partner violence: what treatment programs need to know.
This article provides suggestions for skill development for substance abuse (SA) treatment agencies and providers for implementing Treatment Improvement Protocol number 25: Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence. Methods for detecting, screening, intervening, and referring victims and perpetrators of intimate partner violence enrolled in SA treatment are presented. Evidence-based brief intervention is presented. A 2-minute screen for domestic violence as well as danger assessment for lethality of abuse and the Conflict Tactics Scales 2 are reviewed. A survey of interventions aimed at establishing trust, brief intervention from best practice, guidelines for safety planning, compliance strategies for SA treatment, and community resource development are presented.
Brackley
Margaret H
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Department of Family and Community Health Systems, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. brackley@uthscsa.edu
Williams
Gail B
GB
Wei
Christina C
CC
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010808:Physical Examination; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States