Domestic and sexual violence and abuse : tackling the health and mental health effects

“Taking a life-course approach, the book explores what is known about appropriate treatment responses to those who have experienced, and those who perpetrate, domestic and sexual violence and abuse.” — Publisher’s description. Content: Pt. 1. Setting the scene / Catherine Itzin, Ann Taket and Sarah Barter-Godfrey — 1. Introduction : the Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme (VVAPP) and its work — Pt. 2. Violence and abuse through the life-course / Ann Taket, Sarah Barter-Godfrey and Catharine Itzin — 2. Across the life-course — 3. Violence and abuse through the life-course : the importance of childhood — 4. Across the life-course : youth, young people, and adolescence — 5. Violence and abuse across the life-course : adults — Pt. 3. Addressing inequalities — 6. Gender and sexuality / by Marianne Hester — 7. Race and culture — 7.1. Asian and minority women, doemstic violence and mental health: the experience of Southall Black Sisters — 7.2. Violence, agencies and South Asian women / Jalna Hanmer — 8. Violence, abuse, and disabled people — 8.1. Learning -disabled adults and children / Richard Curen and Valerie Sinason — 8.2. Physically disabled women / Jackie barron and Nicola Harwin — 8.3. Disabled children / Ruth Marchant — 9. Abuse by professionals / by Sarah Barter-Godfrey — Pt. 4. Tackling sexual and domestic violence and abuse: moving towards improved prevention and early intervention / Ann Taket, Sarah Barter-Godfrey and Catherine Itzin — 10. Conclusions and implications for research, policy, and practice.