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. 2002 May;53(5):555-7.
doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.555.

Detection of intimate-partner violence among members of a managed behavioral health organization

Marilyn L Matevia  1 , William Goldman, Joyce McCulloch, Penny K Randall
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Detection of intimate-partner violence among members of a managed behavioral health organization

Marilyn L Matevia et al. Psychiatr Serv. 2002 May.

Abstract

This column describes a creative effort on the part of a national behavioral managed care plan to identify cases of domestic violence in its covered population. Although the screening efforts by intake counselors and clinicians yielded a lower rate of domestic violence than would have been expected, the effort established a baseline or benchmark from which the organization can now work. Clinical benchmarks are critical to developing an understanding of best practices. In this case, the benchmark finding initiated a best practices process through which this organization--and, hopefully, others--will continue to create better methods for identifying and helping people who experience domestic violence.

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