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Good Practice Guidelines
Good Practice Guidelines for Working With Women With Drug or Alcohol Misuse or Mental Ill-Health Who Are Experiencing Domestic Violence
Women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse are significantly more likely to experience depression, anxiety, despair, trauma symptoms, self harm and suicide and be service users of mental health services (Department of Health, 2000).
Women who experience domestic violence are fifteen times more likely to use alcohol and nine times more likely to use drugs than women that have not been abused. (Barron, 2004)
This guidance will seek to support staff in their management of the impact and risks associated with domestic violence, together with their navigation of the specialist provision needed to meet the range and complexity of needs that abuse creates.
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