Family violence exists throughout society and, unfortunately, also among military families. The Air Force's Family Advocacy Program is designed not only to treat victims, offenders, and families of abuse and neglect, but also to provide prevention services. Each Air Force base has a Family Advocacy Officer, who is a credentialed clinical social worker, charged with the duty of addressing spouse...

This study tested the hypothesis that spousal esteem and disparagement are psychological states that track the costs and benefits of marriage to a particular person. Three separate data sources were used. First, 214 married participants reported on their personality, the esteem they held for their spouse, and issues the couple disagreed about. Second, participants provided information on their ...

Participants 124 opioid-dependent men, fulfilling DSM-III-R criteria, and living with a non-substance-abusing spouse or family member. Mean age of participants was 32 years. People allergic to or with contra-indications to naltrexone, requiring in-patient treatment, receiving counselling for abuse of other substances, and people receiving methadone maintenance therapy in the preceding 30 days w...

This study examined the relationship between allegations of maltreatment and substance abuse, and custody awards in Florida. Information concerning the presence, or absence, of these reports was collected on 60 contested initial disposition, or disposition modification cases, and was used to model judicial decision-making. Substantiated reports of child and spouse abuse occurred very infrequent...

OBJECTIVE Spouse caregivers have an increased risk of mental and physical illness during caregiving and widowhood. The authors sought to evaluate whether partners of an ill spouse have a higher likelihood of developing mental health or substance abuse (MHSA) disorders than partners who have healthy spouses, accounting for both spousal illness and death. METHODS The authors used Medicare claim...

INTRODUCTION We analyze the gender-based violence against women considering the Aymara ethnic ascendance as a casual factor. MATERIAL AND METHODS We applied the spanish version of the Index of Spouse Abuse Scales (ISA) and Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) on 400 women, which currently live in the region of Arica and Parinacota, Chile. RESULTS The individuals show that non-physical violence...