Intimate Partner Violence: Health-Based Perspective, A

Description: Intimate partner violence is a challenging problem that health professionals encounter on a daily basis. This volume thoroughly compiles the current knowledge and health science and provides a strong foundation for students, educators, clinicians, and researchers on prevention, assessment, and intervention.

Review: ...an excellent book, a major compilation and unique in its approach. PsycCritiques

Contents: 1. Emerging Health Policy on Intimate Partner Violence, Connie Mitchell; 2. Defining Intimate Partner Violence: Controversies and Implications, Christina Nicolaidis and Anuradha Paranjape; 3. Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence, Linda E. Saltzman and Deborah Houry; 4. Explanatory Frameworks for Intimate Partner Violence, Connie Mitchell and Magdalena Vanya; 5. Economic Analysis and the Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence, Phaedra S. Corso; 6. International Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence, Gregory Luke Larkin and Stephen C. Morris; 7. Sociocultural Considerations, Sujata Warrier; 8. Diagnosis through Disclosure and Pattern Recognition, Deirdre Anglin; 9. Risk Factors for Victimization, Sheryl L. Heron; 10. Risk Factor for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: Typologies and Characteristics of Batterers, L.Kevin Hamberger; 11. Chronic Physical Symptoms in Survivors of Violence, Christina Nicolaides and Jane Leibshutz; 12. Mental Health Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, Carole Warshaw, Phyllis Brashler, and Jessica Gill; 13. Drug and Alcohol Dependency in Intimate Partner Violence, Carol B. Cunradi; 14. Traumatic Brain Injury in Intimate Partner Violence, Sharon R. Wilson; 15. Maxillofacial Injuries in Intimate Partner Violence, Sharon R. Wilson, Thomas B. Dodson, and Leslie R. Halpern; 16. Strangulation in Intimate Partner Violence, Ellen Taliaferro, Dean Hawley, George McClane, and Gael Strack; 17. Soft Tissue and Cutaneous Injury Patterns, Daniel J. Sheridan, Katherine R. Nash, Christine A. Poulos, Lynne Fauerbach, and Sandra Watt; 18. Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy, Peggy E. Goodman; 19. Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse, Carolyn Sachs and Linda J. Gromberg; 20. A Public Health Approach to Intimate Partner Violence, Meghan E. Howe and Elaine J. Alpert; 21. Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence: Toward a Developmental, Social-Ecological Model, Daniel J. Whitaker, Diane M. Hall, and Ann L. Coker; 22. Acute Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence in the Medical Setting, Gregory Luke Larkin and Jennifer Parks; 23. Safety Planning, Danger, and Lethality Assessment, Jacquelyn Campbell and Nancy Glass; 24. Mental Health Treatment for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Carole Warshaw and Phyllis Brashler; 25. Strength and Resilience in Battered Women and Their Children, Jacquelyn Campbell, Phyllis Sharps, and Kerry Parsons; 26. Long Term Healthcare Interventions, Therese Zink and Karen LLoyd; 27. Developing a Health System Response to Intimate Partner Violence, Brigid McCaw and Krista Kotz; 28. Civil and Criminal Justice Remedies, Sarah Buehl and Eliza Hirst; 29. Medical and Forensic Documentation, Sarah Buehl and Eliza Hirst; 30. Treatment Approaches for Men Who Batter Their Partners, L. Kevin Hamberger, Jeffrey M. Lohr, Lisa M. Parker, and Tricia Witte; 31. Stalking Victimization: The Management of its Consequences, Keith Davis and Mindy Mechanic; 32. Weapons and Intimate Partner Violence, Susan Sorenson; 33. The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Children, Cynthia Kuelbs; 34. Adolescent Relationship Violence, Lyndee Knox, Carmela Lomonaco, and Elaine Alpert; 35. Intimate Partner Violence in the Elderly and Disabled Population, Diana Koin; 36. Caring for the Care Provider, Jane Liebshutz; Index