CONTENTS

About This Course

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Issues
2. Understanding Alcohol Abuse
3. Understanding Violence Against Women
4. Alcohol and Domestic Violence
5. Alcohol, Sexual Assault, and Rape
6. Prevention and Early Intervention
7. Screening and Assessment
8. Diagnosis and Treatment
9. Legal and Ethical Issues

Supplements
Fact Sheets
Videos
Resources

Silence Hurts
Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women

Inpatient Rehabilitation

Patients who are brittle,acutely suicidal, or medically unstable or who need constant one-on-one monitoring should receive 24-hour primary medical/psychiatric/nursing inpatient care. Care should be in medically managed and monitored intensive treatment settings. Unfortunately, recent changes in the health care system have dramatically reduced the availability of this level of care.

Inpatient rehabilitation (traditional 14-, 21-, or 28-day programs) is not readily available. Often, health care insurers will not cover it. Because of these reimbursement gaps, inpatient care may have to be arranged at a medical or psychiatric unit of an acute care hospital.