Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence

Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Course Description:

This training establishes the connections between substance abuse and domestic violence. While there is no direct cause-and-effect link, the use of alcohol and other drugs by either partner is a risk factor for domestic violence.

Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Learning Objectives

After completing this training the health care professional will be able to:

• Identify the key stages: from drinking and transition to early and ongoing recovery.
• Describe the therapeutic tasks and pitfalls that characterize Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse.
• Implement interventions with individual family members, as well as the system as a whole, helping to restructure roles, interactions and beliefs that have been shaped by addiction and abuse.
• Outline the importance of facilitating the family's use of outside sources of support.
• Apply knowledge from this course to practice and/or other professional contexts.