Effects of an Integrated Intervention for Substance Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence: A Proposed Study

Abstract

Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are likely to experience co occurring mental health consequences and substance abuse (Tolman & Rosen, 2001). Examining how domestic violence and substance abuse agencies can better coordinate and/or integrate services to meet the needs of women with these co occurring experiences. Integrated brief interventions have been shown to be effective (Ogle & Baer, 2003), but there are philosophical barriers to coordination between domestic violence and substance abuse agencies resulting in a lack of cross assessment and treatment (Bennett & Lawson, 1994).