Negativism, parental inconsistency, unrealistic parental expectations, miscarried expression of anger, self-medication and denial.
What are the patterns of interaction for families with substance abusers?
100
2-4 million women are battered in the US each year.
Who are the victims of domestic violence?
100
Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation.
What is child abuse?
100
Attachment Theory and Cognitive Behavior Therapy has been shown to be effective modalities to use with this population.
Who are the abusers?
100
Victims need information, regarding their options and a way to be safe.
What is crisis intervention?
200
When a person is substance dependent and the other is not.
What is co-dependency?
200
Occurs in 30-60% of family violence cases.
What is child abuse?
200
The failure of a parent or other caregiver to provide for the physical, medical, educational or emotional needs of the child.
What is neglect?
200
One of the most effective interventions involves individuals being healed through being shamed.
What is the group setting?
200
A strategy is considered so that the victim can escape a dangerous situation.
What is a safety plan?
300
Poor development outcomes, at-risk for substance abuse, may suffer trauma, may be severely neglected.
What are the effects on children of substance abusers?
300
Physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and economic abuse.
What is domestic violence?
300
Pattern of behavior by a parent or caregiver that impairs a child's emotional development or sense of self worth.
What is emotional abuse?
300
Individuals are told to tolerate pain in order to grow, maintain a clear sense of self while being close to another person, and learn to self-soothe one's own hurt or pain.
What abusers need to be told?
300
Strategies in which clients are enabled to identify with others, thereby decreasing isolation, and focusing on the issues of safety, empowerment, validation and strength.
What are group and survivor therapies?
400
A tool that will provide historical information regarding the family's history.
What is a genogram?
400
It includes tension build-up, physical violence, and relative CALM.
What is the Cycle of Violence?
400
The U.S. has the worst record of all the industrialized nations, since 3.3 million reports are made each year.
What are the numbers of child abuse reports made annually?
400
Abusers need to receive treatment, prior to engaging in couple's therapy, to refrain from re-victimizing the victim.
What is individual counseling?
400
Education needs to be provided for victims to prevent them from internalizing the abuse and blaming themselves.
What is an appropriate intervention to treat victims?
500
Restructuring maladaptive family interactions associated with substance abuse problems.
What is the goal of family counseling?
500
Violence is not cyclical, but unrelenting, and includes coercion, threats, intimidation, blaming, and minimizing acts of aggression.
What is the power and control wheel?
500
Unexplained injuries, fear of going home, change in school performance and behaviors, lack of personal hygiene and inappropriate sexual behaviors.
What are the signs of child abuse?
500
A key feature of an abuser is an inability to comfort oneself when distressed, requiring involvement of another person to regulate effect.
What is learning to self-soothe?
500
Considerable time needs to be taken for victims to process the abuse and eliminate future abusive relationships.
What is a long term approach for treating victims of domestic violence?