Domestic Violence Screening and Intervention in Medical and Mental Healthcare Settings, 1st Edition

.Despite the need and the potential for healthcare providers to play an active role in prevention and intervention into domestic violence, there is little evidence that they are doing so in large numbers or systematic ways. This book reviews the literature on screening, identification, intervention, and prevention of partner violence across healthcare specialties and disciplines to benefit the development of effective domestic violence prevention programs. Primary care, psychiatric and mental health care, emergency department settings as well as subspecialties such as emergency rooms, ophthalmology, and infectious disease are considered.Domestic Violence Screening and Intervention in Medical and Mental Healthcare Settings 1st Edition is written by Mary Beth Phelan, MD; L. Kevin Hamberger, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. ISBNs for Domestic Violence Screening and Intervention in Medical and Mental Healthcare Settings are 9780826125361, 0826125360 and the print ISBNs are 9780826125354, 0826125352.