Battered women and their families : intervention strategies and treatment programs / Albert R. Roberts, editor ; Barbara W. White, foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Crisis Intervention and Cognitive Problem-Solving Therapy with Battered Women: A National Survey and Practice Model -- 2. The Stress-Crisis Continuum: Its Application to Domestic Violence -- 3. The Organizational Structure and Function of Shelters for Battered Women and Their Children: A National Survey -- 4. Conjoint Therapy for the Treatment of Partner Abuse: Indications and Contraindications -- 5. Crisis Intervention with Traumatized Child Witnesses in Shelters for Battered Women -- 6. Integrating Domestic Violence Assessment into Child Protective Services Intervention: Policy and Practice Implications -- 7. Group Treatment of Children in Shelters for Battered Women -- 8. Intervention and Treatment Strategies with Adolescents from Maritally Violent Homes -- 9. Battered Women in the Emergency Room: Emerging Roles for the ER Social Worker and Clinical Nurse Specialist -- 10. Intimate Partner Violence: Intervention in Primary Health Care Settings -- 11. Domestic Violence Against Women with Mental Retardation -- 12. Women, Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence -- 13. Elder Abuse: Protective and Empowerment Strategies for Crisis Intervention -- 14. Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse: An Integrated Approach -- 15. Developing Services for Lesbians in Abusive Relationships: A Macro and Micro Approach -- 16. Application of the Culturagram to Assess and Empower Culturally and Ethnically Diverse Battered Women -- 17. Domestic Violence in Japan: Research, Program Developments, and Emerging Movements -- 18. Chinese Battered Women in North America: Their Experiences and Treatment -- 19. Validating Coping Strategies and Empowering Latino Battered Women in Puerto Rico -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

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