Mental Health Content Topic Results

This page highlights research on the link between past and recent abuse with poorer HIV treatment access and outcomes for women.

PTSD and TBI are not new issues to domestic violence advocates. NRCDV's March 2012 TA Question of the Month examines the implications to the domestic violence field of PTSD and TBI among veterans who return home to their partners and families.

This document contains resources that you can use to locate additional supports for survivors who are experiencing mental health or substance abuse conditions.

Empathy books are great tools for helping children process big feelings and situations. In this video you will learn what they are and how to make them.

This online resource collection offers information on the intersections of sexual violence and eating disorders. Recent research and practice efforts have shown links between sexual victimization during childhood or adolescence and developing an eating disorder. To provide more informed services, people working in anti-violence movements can review the resources in this online resource collection on sexual violence, trauma, and eating disorders.

Domestic violence victims who have a traumatic brain injury (TBI) may need help coping with the high levels of stress and stimulation that can be part of communal living. Because TBI affects different people differently, shelter residents will have different needs. Screening for TBI during shelter intake will help advocates identify ways to make the shelter more accessible and user-friendly.

When a victim of domestic violence (DV) has a traumatic brain injury (TBI), it is important to consider the effects of the TBI in safety planning. Screening for TBI may identify the need for an evaluation. This handout provides background information on brain injury, assistance with identifying existing injuries, and details to provide appropriate help for victims of domestic violence who have sustained brain injuries.

This tool uses questions and discussion prompts to guide agencies through a self-reflective process, beginning with imagining how accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed (ACDVTI) work might be carried out in their organization, and then thinking through the first steps and additional resources that will be needed for creating change.

This document describes the Brown Boi Project approach to gender transformation. Gender transformative learning builds an environment where mental health resources are de-stigmatized, new models for masculinity emerge, and boys of color are able to develop an empowering sense of self.

This video incorporates stories and voices of service members who have experienced rape. In this video, the term Military Sexual Violence (MST) is defined in the video as the the official term for the psychological trauma that may result from military rape, sexual assault, or sexual harassment.

This fact sheet gives recommendations for domestic violence advocates engaging with those who self injure.

This Conversation Guide is designed to help you increase emotional safety and improve responsiveness to trauma in your shelter or program.