DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
  • Are you ever afraid of your partner?
  • Has your partner ever actually hurt or threatened to
    hurt you physically or someone you care about?
  • Does your partner ever force you to engage in sexual
    activities that make you uncomfortable?
  • Do you constantly worry about your partner's moods
    and change your behavior to deal with them?
  • Does your partner try to control where you go,
    what you do and who you see?
  • Does your partner constantly accuse you of having affairs?
  • Have you stopped seeing family or friends to avoid your
    partner's jealousy or anger?
  • Does your partner control your finances?
  • Does he/she threaten to kill him/herself if you leave?
  • Does your partner claim his/her temper is out of control due
    to alcohol, drugs or because he/she had an abusive childhood?
IF ANY OF THESE BEHAVIORS ARE OCCURRING REGULARLY, YOU NEED TO SEEK HELP!
WHAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU ARE BEING ABUSED:
Call 911 if you are in immediate danger.

Talk with someone you trust: a friend, relative, neighbor, co-worker,
religious or spiritual advisor.

Tell your physician, nurse, psychiatrist or therapist about the abuse.

Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline [1-800-799-SAFE (7233)],
your state domestic, violence coalition, and/or a local domestic
violence agency.

Put together an "emergency kit" of things you would really need if you
had to leave suddenly, such as identification, medicine, keys, and money.

American Psychiatric Association. 2005.
"Let's Talk Facts About Domestic Violence."
http://healthyminds.org/factsheets/LTF-DomesticViolence.pdf

RESOURCES
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
National Domestic Violence
Hotline: 800-799-SAFE (7233)
or 800-787-3224 (TTY)
www.ndvh.org

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
303-839-1852
www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence
202-543-5566
www.nnedv.org

The Family Violence Prevention Fund
415-252-8900
www.endabuse.org

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
800-537-2238
www.nrcdv.org

American Psychiatric Association (APA)
1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1825
Arlington, VA 22209
703-907-7300
www.HealthyMinds.org

The Battered Women's Justice Project
800-903-0111
www.bwip.org

The Domestic Violence and Mental Health Policy Initiative
312-726-7020
www.dvmhpi.org

Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
800-656-HOPE
www.rainn.org