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Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury

Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury

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DATE : Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:35:24 -0400
Entered in Database : 2008-11-01 15:35:24
length : 2656
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Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST

Guest: Guest: Sarah M. DeWard, MS, New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Time: 26:56

Synopsis: Domestic Violence is a pattern of coercive behavior aimed at gaining and maintaining power and control over an intimate partner. Sarah DeWard talks about domestic violence, its patterns and types of abuse. The conversation shifts to focus on individuals who have a traumatic brain injury which is either preexisting or as a result of abuse, and how a brain injury affects a victim. Ms. DeWard sites research, and speaks about the work of the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence to assist women's shelters to identify and advocate for TBI survivors who are victims of domestic violence.

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