Intimate Partner Violence - A Clin. Tng. Guide

206 Pages·2004·11.573 MB·English

by  C. Jordan, et al.,

Springer Series on Family Violence
Albert R. Roberts, PhD, Series Editor
2004 Domestic Violence Screening and Intervention:
Medical and Mental Health Care Series: Research and Practice
L. Kevin Hamberger, PhD, and Mary Beth Phelan, MD
2004 Intimate Partner Violence: A Clinical Planning Guide
for Mental Health Professionals
Carol E. Jordan, MD, Michael T. Nietzel, PhD, Robert Walker, MSW,
LCW, TK Logan, PhD
2002 Victim Assistance: Exploring Individual Practice,
Organizational Policy and Responses
Thomas J. Underwood, PhD, and Christine Edmunds, Editors
2002 Serving Mentally Ill Offenders:
Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health Professionals
Gerald Landsberg, DSW, Marjorie Rock, PhD,
Lawrence K. W. Berg, PhD, Esq, and Amy Smiley, PhD, Editors
2001 CounselingFemaleOffendersandVictims:AStrength-Restorative
Approach, Katherine van Wormer, PhD
2001 Sexual Violence on Campus
Allen J. Ottens, PhD, and Kathy Hotelling, PhD, ABPP, Editors
1998 TheHeartofIntimateAbuse:NewInterventionsinChildWelfare,
Criminal Justice, and Health Settings
Linda G. Mills, PhD, LCSW, JD
1998 PreventingTeenageViolence:AnEmpiricalParadigmforSchools
and Families
John S. Wodarski, PhD, and Lois A. Wodarski, PhD
1998 Battered Women and Their Families: Intervention Strategies and
Treatment Programs, Second Edition
Albert R. Roberts, PhD, Editor
CarolE.Jordan,MS,servesasDirectoroftheUniversityofKentucky
Center for Research on Violence Against Women ahd holds faculty
appointments in the Department of Psychology and the College of
Social Work. Ms. Jordan’s areas of writing and research interest
includethenexusofmentalhealthandthelegalsystem,particularly
asitrelatestotheexpeienceofwomen.Shehaspublishednumerous
articles,chaptersandtwobooksaddressingdomesticviolence,rape,
andstalking.Ms.Jordanhas20yearsofexperienceinpublicpolicy,
legislativeadvocacy,andprogramdevelopmentaddressingviolence
against women, including eight years in the Kentucky Governor’s
Office.
Michael T. Nietzel, PhD, serves as Provost of the University of
Kentucky.Dr.Nietzel’sresearchandteachinginterestfocusonforen-
sic psychology, jury behavior, origins of criminal behavior, and the
evaluation of psychotherapy. He teaches graduate courses in psy-
chotherapyandforensicpsychologyandisafrequentconsultantto
attorneysandlawenforcement.Nietzelhasassistedinjuryselection
for more that 50 death-penalty trials. He has published more than
75 articles, books and book chapters, and is coauthor of various
textbooks on clinical psychology, abnormal psychology, and psy-
chology and the legal system.
RobertWalker,MSW,LCSW,isAssistantProfessorattheUniversity
of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry and the Center on Drug and
AlcoholResearch,withconjointappointmentsintheCollegeofSocial
Work and Department of Behavioral Science. He was director of a
communitymentalhealthcenterfor20yearsandhashadanactive
forensic mental health practice. He is the project director of Ken-
tucky’s substance abuse treatmentoutcome study and co-principal
investigatoronaNationalInstituteonAlcoholAbuseandAlcoholism
study of alcohol use and health among domestic violence victims.
TK Logan, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of
BehavioralScienceattheUniversityofKentucky.Dr.Loganhasbeen
funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and by the
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and
has completed studies on intimate partner violence and divorce;
intimatepartnerviolenceandcustodyoutcomes;stalkingvictimiza-
tionandperpetration;healthandmentalhealthstatus,barriers,and
service use among women; HIV risk behavior; and health, mental
health, substance use, and victimization among rural and urban
women.
Intimate Partner Violence
A Clinical Training Guide for Mental
Health Professionals
Carol E. Jordan, MS
Michael T. Nietzel, PhD
Robert Walker, MSW, LCSW
TK Logan, PhD
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To the women whose stories and survivorship have formed
the lessons of our last twenty years, and to our colleagues
whose work on their behalf has been an extraordinary source
of inspiration.
A` M et B. Qui sont la meilleur œuvre de notre pe`re, et son
meilleur he´ritage. CEJ
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Contents
Preface ix
1. Scope and Dynamics of Violence Against Women 1
2. Clinical Effects Associated With Victimization 22
3. Clinical Characteristics of Intimate Partner Violence 45
Offenders
4. Clinical Responses to Women Victimized by Violence 60
5. Clinical Responses to Intimate Partner Violence 76
Offenders
6. Duties of Mental Health Professionals in Cases of 101
Intimate Partner Violence
7. The Uniqueness of Mental Health Practice in the 111
Intimate Partner Violence Domain
8. Intimate Partner Violence: A Legal Primer for Mental 134
Health Professionals
References 149
Index 183
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Preface
This clinical training companion is written with a generalist mental
healthprofessionalinmind.Wedrawtogetherresearchfromdiverse
sourcesandofferpracticalapplicationsofthosefindingsinthelight
of keypublic policiesand legalissues. Althoughno single bookcan
offer a definitive statement on how to assess and treat intimate
partner violence problems, this manual has the goal of putting the
complexities into a manageable and empirically justified clinical
practice. We attempt to draw clinicians’ practices into closer
agreementwiththeconsensusofexistingresearchandpolicylitera-
tures.Wealsodiscussdiverseresearchfindingsandlegalresources
with the purpose of improving clinicians’ competence and confi-
dence in treating clients for whom intimate partner violence is an
issue.
COMMON PITFALLS FACED BY MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS
Research over the past 2 decades has improved our understanding
of how intimate partner violence affects mental health for both vic-
timsandoffenders.Infact,theassociationsbetweenviolence,mental
health, and substance abuse have been shown to be very complex.
Mental health problems can increase the risk of violence among
offenders and can contribute to greater risk for victims as well.
In addition, substance abuse has complex associations with both
offender patterns and victimization. The extent of research can be
overwhelmingandconfusingtoclinicianswhoareprovidingmental
healthorsubstanceabusetreatmentservices.Inspiteofthewealth
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