Mental Health Needs of Children Exposed to Violence

A report titled 'The Mental Health Needs of Children Exposed to Violence in their Homes' has been published by the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. 

The report presents a summary of literature, and findings from interviews with national and state child experts and crisis centre directors, on how to better meet the needs of children exposed to violence in the home.

Its key recommendations include ways to:

• increase the availability of trauma-informed services;
• more widely disseminate knowledge of the needs of children exposed to violence in the home;
• develop a common language among providers to develop services that best meet the needs of these children.

You can access this report on the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence website here.  

You can visit the website of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence here.

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