Services Integration for Victims of Personal Violence (From Evaluating Victim Services, P 113-126, 1981, Susan E Salasin, ed. - See NCJ-85715)

• NCJ Number: 85721
• Author(s): F Ochberg; R Spates
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 14 pages
• Sale Source: Sage Publications, Inc
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article discusses victimization as a special case of posttraumatic stress reaction and describes its social, psychological, and physiological ramifications, which illustrate the services required and the need for their integration.

Abstract

Despite obstacles, service integration can be achieved and the strategies for doing so are similar to approaches used in the public mental health sector. There are limitations on all the approaches, and it is recommended that a community may wish to differentially opt for a given type of integration based on the presence and stage of development of local resources. Finally, some approaches to evaluating services to victims are described.