Substance abuse treatment and domestic violence
Panel members combined their hard-won experience working with survivors and perpetrators of domestic violence with research literature from both disciplines to create an integrated knowledge base about substance abuse and domestic violence and to outline a system of integrated care. For some provide...
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Rockville
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
1997, 1997
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| Series: | Treatment improvement protocol (TIP) series
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| Summary: | Panel members combined their hard-won experience working with survivors and perpetrators of domestic violence with research literature from both disciplines to create an integrated knowledge base about substance abuse and domestic violence and to outline a system of integrated care. For some providers, implementing the collaborative model of service delivery described in the TIP may prove untenable at this time. It is the Panel's hope, however, that the suggestions presented will help providers move toward a more integrated delivery system that can provide the appropriate holistic care to their clients who suffer from both of their complex, intertwined problems. SCOPE OF THE TIP: Domestic violence is the use of intentional verbal, psychological, or physical force by one family member (including an intimate partner) to control another. This TIP focuses only on men who abuse their female partners (batterer clients) and women who are battered by their male partners (survivor clients). Child abuse and neglect, elder abuse, women's abuse of men, and domestic violence within same-sex relationships are important issues that are not addressed in depth in this document, largely because each requires separate comprehensive review. Other patterns of domestic violence outside the scope of this TIP are abused women who in turn abuse their children or react violently to their partners' continued attacks and adult or teenage children who abuse their parents. Researchers have found that one fourth to one half of men who commit acts of domestic violence also have substance abuse problems (Gondolf, 1995; Leonard and Jacob, 1987; Kantor and Straus, 1987; Coleman and Straus, 1983; Hamilton and Collins, 1981; Pernanen, 1976) and that a sizable percentage of convicted batterers were raised by parents who abused drugs or alcohol (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1994). Studies also show that women who abuse alcohol and other drugs are more likely to be victims of domestic violence (Miller et al., 1989). The primary purpose of this document is to provide the substance abuse treatment field with an overview of domestic violence so that providers can understand the particular needs and behaviors of batterers and survivors as defined above and tailor treatment plans accordingly. This requires an understanding not only of clients' issues but also of when it is necessary to seek help from domestic violence experts. The TIP also may prove useful to domestic violence support workers whose clients suffer from substance-related problems. As the TIP makes clear, each field can benefit enormously from the expertise of the other, and cooperation and sharing of knowledge will pave the way for the more coordinated system of care discussed in Chapter 6. Future publications will examine those aspects of the problem that concern such special populations as adolescent gang members, the elderly, gay men and lesbians, and women who batter. The first of these is an upcoming TIP that addresses the connections between substance abuse and child abuse and neglect EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is of the most ambitious documents in the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) series. The Consensus Panel responsible for developing this TIP aimed to open a line of communication between two fields that have worked largely in isolation from each other, despite the considerable overlap in their client populations. Because both the domestic violence and substance abuse treatment fields are relatively young and new to each other, neither has yet consistently implemented programs that facilitate interagency coordination and cooperation. Basic differences in philosophy and terminology have also blocked the collaborative care that the Consensus Panel considers critical for treating substance-abusing clients who are survivors or perpetrators of violence. This TIP primarily represents the views of domestic violence experts. |
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| Item Description: | PHS contract no. ADM 270-95-0013 |
| Physical Description: | 152 p. ill |