TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The Men's Domestic Abuse Check-Up: A Protocol for Reaching the Nonadjudicated and Untreated Man Who Batters and Who Abuses Substances
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Roffman, Roger A.
A1  - Edleson, Jeffrey L.
A1  - Neighbors, Clayton
A1  - Mbilinyi, Lyungai
A1  - Walker, David
SP  - 589
EP  - 605
VL  - 14
IS  - 5
N2  - Batterer intervention programs primarily work with individuals mandated to participate. Commonly, attrition is high and outcomes are modest. Motivational enhancement therapy (MET), most widely studied in the substance abuse field, offers a potentially effective approach to improving self-referral to treatment, program retention, treatment compliance, and posttreatment outcomes among men who batter and who abuse substances. A strategy for using a catalyst variant of MET (a"check-up") to reach untreated, nonadjudicated perpetrators is described in detail. Unique challenges in evaluating the success of this approach are discussed, including attending to victim safety and determining indicators of increased motivation for change.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801208315526
ID  - ref1
ER  -