Characteristics, Needs, and Help Seeking of Partner Violence Victims Mandated to Community Services by Courts and Child Protective Services

This article presents an exploratory, descriptive study that investigates (a) the characteristics of service‐mandated, parenting IPV victims; (b) the needs of service‐mandated, parenting IPV victims; and (c) the types of help‐seeking behavior these women had engaged in before their service referral. Study findings indicate that, although the participants showed parenting strengths and active help‐seeking efforts, this sample of women was characterized by severe IPV experiences and serious mental health needs.

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Source: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - October 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rebecca J. Macy, Cynthia F. Rizo, Dania M. Ermentrout Tags: Original Article Source Type: research