Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse
Tackling the Health and Mental Health Effects

Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse equips health and social care professionals and services to identify and respond to the needs of affected individuals with a view to the prevention and early intervention.

Selected contents:
Part 1 Setting the scene Catherine Itzin, Ann Taket and Sarah Barter-Godfrey
1. Introduction - the Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme (VVAPP) and its work
Part 2 Violence and abuse through the life-course, Ann Taket, Sarah Barter-Godfrey and Catherine Itzin
2. Across the life-course
3. The importance of childhood
4. Across the lifespan: youth, young people and adolescence
5. Violence and abuse across the lifespan: adults
Part 3 Addressing Inequalities
6. Gender and sexuality, Marianne Hester
7. Race and Culture, Hannana Siddiqui, Meena Patel and Jalna Hanmer
8. Violence, Abuse and Disabled People, Richard Curen, Valerie Sinason, Jackie Barron, Nicola Harwin and Ruth Marchant
9. Abuse by professionals, Sarah Barter-Godfrey
Part 4 Tackling Sexual and Domestic Violence and Abuse Ann Taket, Sarah Barter-Godfrey and Catherine Itzin
10. Conclusions and implications for research, policy and practice