Veterans and IPV: Developing and implementing a psychosocial rehabilitation approach in the veterans health administration

Broomfield, Jennifer

Friday, March 20, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:20 PM

Mount Vernon Square B (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Jennifer Broomfield, LISW/JD, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Authors:
Megan R. Gerber, MD, MPH, VA Boston Healthcare System
Rachel Latta, PhD, Edith Nourse Rogers VA Memorial Hospital

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Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Understand existing knowledge about Veterans and intimate partner violence, including the need for routine screening and trauma informed interventions for Veterans who use and/or experience violence.
Identify and access VA resources for Veterans who use and/or experience intimate partner violence, including social service and evidence-based mental health interventions to enable community partnership and referral.
Describe new national VA Program for DV/IPV.

Description:
This Symposium will provide participants with an overview of the Veterans Health Administration's DV/IPV initiative. Participants in this symposium will learn about Veteran Culture, Veteran health care issues that intersect with DV/IPV (e.g., homelessness, post traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury), and promising practices to serve all Veterans affected by DV/IPV. Presenters will discuss recommended screening tools and practices for Veterans who experience DV/IPV as well as innovative treatment approaches for Veterans who use DV/IPV.