What can psychiatrists do to better support victims of family violence?
O'Connor, Manjula
What can psychiatrists do to better support victims of family violence? Manjula O'Connor, Joanne Cox and David Castle - Sage, 2015 - Australasian Psychiatry .
Australasian Psychiatry, 2015,23(1): 59–62
Objective: This article aims to draw psychiatrists’ attention to the problem of family violence and offer pragmatic guidance to detect and manage family violence in the psychiatric context.
Methods: Selective narrative review.
Results: Family violence involves complex interactions between societal, cultural, family and individual factors. Awareness and understanding of family violence is important for psychiatrists as engagement can result in enhanced opportunities for early intervention and harm reduction.
Conclusions: There are barriers facing psychiatrists regarding successful family violence intervention outcomes. Concerted action is required to improve services and support to victims and perpetrators. (Authors' abstract). Record #5876
FAMILY VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PERPETRATORS
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AUSTRALIA
What can psychiatrists do to better support victims of family violence? Manjula O'Connor, Joanne Cox and David Castle - Sage, 2015 - Australasian Psychiatry .
Australasian Psychiatry, 2015,23(1): 59–62
Objective: This article aims to draw psychiatrists’ attention to the problem of family violence and offer pragmatic guidance to detect and manage family violence in the psychiatric context.
Methods: Selective narrative review.
Results: Family violence involves complex interactions between societal, cultural, family and individual factors. Awareness and understanding of family violence is important for psychiatrists as engagement can result in enhanced opportunities for early intervention and harm reduction.
Conclusions: There are barriers facing psychiatrists regarding successful family violence intervention outcomes. Concerted action is required to improve services and support to victims and perpetrators. (Authors' abstract). Record #5876
FAMILY VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PERPETRATORS
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AUSTRALIA