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"Mental Health needs of Survivors of Domestic Violence seeking Protection Orders."
Dr. Catherine "Kate" Cerulli, Director of the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization (LIVV) and Assistant Professor, with the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester. Formerly an assistant district attorney.
Faculty will address both a public health approach to increasing safety for domestic violence victims and preliminary results from a NIMH study underway. The study focuses on a randomized control study in a family court setting to identify mental health issues among DV victims seeking orders of protection.
The practitioners/discussants will consider the implications for court clerk, judge and lawyer practice when mental health issues experienced by survivors, abusers and children are identified in pleadings or hearings.
