Are mental health services getting better at responding to abuse, assault and neglect? J. Read, M. Sampson and C. Critchley
Material type:
- SEXUAL VIOLENCE
- CHILD ABUSE
- CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
- ABUSED MEN
- ABUSED WOMEN
- ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE
- ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
- ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
- CHILD NEGLECT
- DISCLOSURE
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- EMOTIONAL ABUSE
- INTERVENTION
- INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
- MĀORI
- MENTAL HEALTH
- MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- NEGLECT
- PHYSICAL ABUSE
- TRAINING
- TRAUMA
- TREATMENT
- VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- NEW ZEALAND
- AUCKLAND
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2016, 134: 287–294
The purpose of this study was to determine whether staff responses to abuse disclosures had improved since the introduction of a trauma policy and training programme. The files of 250 clients attending four New Zealand mental health centres were audited. Results: There was a significant improvement, compared to an audit prior to the introduction of the policy and training, in the proportion of abuse cases included in formulations, and, to a lesser extent, in treatment plans. There was no significant improvement in the proportion referred for relevant treatment, which remained at less than 25% across abuse categories. The proportion of neglect disclosures responded to was significantly lower than for abuse cases. (From the authors' abstract). Record #5422