Venue: Salwa ballroom # 1
Nahid Mohammed Elhassan Fadul - Clinical Fellow - HMC mental Health Service
Tarek Saad – Consultant Psychiatrist - HMC mental Health Service
For several decades, domestic violence, otherwise known as Partner Abuse (PA) has been recognized as a major public health issue in the United States, and more recently in Europe and the rest of the world. PA includes both physical and non-physical forms of aggression among dating, cohabitating and married couples ending up in serious health issues, suicidality and homicidally. In response to national, regional and international conventions and with growing awareness about gender-based violence, certain policies and treatment programs for partners abuse do exist today.
Recent, reliable outcome studies indicate that, in general, available perpetrator treatment programs are only moderately successful in reducing rates of recidivism, only 5% over the 35% rate found among non-treated controls. And few interventions were found to be evidenced based. Modality and treatment focus are determined by the nature and severity of the abuse, the characteristics and personalities of the perpetrators, and the extent to which it is primarily unilateral or bi-directional. “One-size-fits-all” approaches are eschewed in favor of differential treatment based on client needs. Basic principles of treatment are explored, followed by step-by-step instructions on working with perpetrators, victims and their families within the modalities of individual, group, couples and family counselling.
This workshop is intended for anyone interested in the subject of domestic violence, including educators and policy-makers, and particularly mental health professionals, victim advocates, and batterer intervention providers.
This is an in-depth course and appropriate for individuals with an intermediate knowledge of the subject but is also appropriate for beginners.
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the essential elements of treatment, as determined by clinical experience and the research evidence.
2. Use effective, evidence-based approaches in work with individuals, groups, couples, and families.
3. Better provide for victim safety.
