Domestic Violence Case Study

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According to Davis (2008), mental health professionals have been the targets of violent threats. The setting these threats are common is mental health inpatient settings, child protective services settings, hospitals, and criminal justice settings (i.e., probation departments). The state of Montana conducted a study and found that over thirty percent of child safety workers reported that they had received threats on their life from their clients that they were in contact with the previous year. However, clinicians cannot forget about providing the equal amount of safety or their clients. A tremendous amount of clients is rap, domestic violence victims, and victims just because they have a mental illness. Clients are securitized in society sometimes because of the mental health condition. Counselors need to protect these clients to the best of their ability. Not to mention the …show more content…

For example, the article written by Kress, Protivnak, and Sanlak (2008), suggest that 34 percent of females suffer from domestic violence at some point in their life. In these domestic violence situations 30-55 percent of female deaths are committed by intimate partners. According to Kress et. al., (2008), suggest that approximately 3.3 million children observed domestic violence situations inside of their home. According to the same authors numerous of these children have experienced long term effects. When individuals are suffering from domestic violence situations they could experience the following consequences mental health disorders, such as “depression, anxiety, and suicide” (Kress et. al., 2008 pg. 200). Kress et. al., (2008), suggest that individuals that suffer from domestic violence can suffer from other mental health disorders like “PTSD, depression symptoms, anxiety, psychosomatic complaints, substance abuse, and lowered self-esteem” (pg.

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