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Thinking differently: Re‐framing family violence responsiveness in the mental health and addictions health care context.
- Source :
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing; Oct2019, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p1209-1219, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Aotearoa New Zealand's high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) and child abuse and neglect point to a clear need to develop and resource equitable mental health and addiction practices that are responsive both to people experiencing and using violence, and to their families. Current responses to IPV in mental health and addiction settings in Aotearoa New Zealand require a critical re‐framing, from an individualistic autonomy and empowerment framework that constrains practitioners' practice, to an understanding IPV as a form of social entrapment. Using a composite story constructed from 28 in‐depth New Zealand family violence death reviews, we highlight current problematic practice and discuss alternative responses that could create safer lives for people and families. Re‐framing IPV as a form of social entrapment acknowledges it as a complex social problem that requires collective steps to secure people's safety and well‐being. Importantly, a social entrapment framework encompasses interpersonal and structural forms of violence, such as the historical and intergenerational trauma of colonization and links to ongoing structural inequities for Māori (the indigenous people of Aotearoa) in Aotearoa New Zealand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of family violence
INTIMATE partner violence
CHILD abuse & psychology
DEATH
AUTONOMY (Psychology)
DOMESTIC violence
MEDICAL care
MENTAL health services
PUBLIC health
SELF-efficacy
SOCIAL problems
VICTIMS
SUBSTANCE abuse treatment
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
TREATMENT programs
NARRATIVE medicine
ADDICTIONS nursing
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14458330
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138541229
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12641