The relationship between domestic violence, sexual assault, trauma, mental health, and substance use (including substance use coercion)
Trauma-informed and anti-stigma framework for contextualizing substance use (and related behaviors) for survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
Why might survivors use substances?
Patterns and dynamics of substance us
Women and substance use
Commonly used substances and their effects
In October, 2003, President George W. Bush announced the creation of the President’s Family Justice Center Initiative. The $20 million Initiative created specialized “one stop…
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Suzann Stewart and Kathy Bell of the Tulsa Family Safety Center, and Mary Claire Landry and Andy Mahoney of the New Orleans Family Justice Center,…
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On this webinar, Judge Ron Adrine (Ret.) of the National Battered Women’s Justice Project Advisory Board and Lt. Dan Rincon of the Scottsdale Police Department…
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Strangulation impacts all professionals working on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking cases. Today, we know unequivocally that strangulation is one of the…
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