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Intimate partner violence : a clinical training guide for mental health professionals / Carol E. Jordan ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Springer series on family violence.
- Springer series on family violence
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abused wives--Rehabilitation.
- Abused wives.
- Abused women--Rehabilitation.
- Abused women.
- Abusive men--Rehabilitation.
- Abusive men.
- Children of abused wives--Rehabilitation.
- Children of abused wives.
- Victims of family violence--Rehabilitation.
- Victims of family violence.
- Wife abuse--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Wife abuse.
- Marital violence--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Marital violence.
- Family violence--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Family violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This training manual synthesizes the clinical and research literature on victims, offenders, and child witnesses, and uses the empirical evidence to provide generalist clinicians with manageable, concrete guidance for providing care in these cases. Each chapter begins with a summary of the issues to be covered and an outline of the specific topics to be discussed, and ends with a recap and list of questions for practitioners in training. The authors offer expertise in forensic psychology, victimization, and substance abuse; they discuss the clinical, legal, and ethical complexities that violen
- Contents:
- Scope and dynamics of violence against women
- Clinical effects associated with victimization
- Clinical characteristics of intimate partner violence offenders
- Clinical responses to women victimized by violence
- Clinical responses to intimate partner violence offenders
- The duties of mental health professionals in cases of intimate partner violence
- The uniqueness of mental health practice in the intimate partner violence domain
- Intimate partner violence: a legal primer for mental health professionals.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8261-2464-X
- OCLC:
- 476261528
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