Mental Health Outcomes in Abused Women (Polaris DV-MH)

项目概述/摘要：Polaris-DV-MH系统旨在解决对妇女和家庭最具破坏性的社会问题之一：家庭暴力和精神健康问题的合并症。虐待严重影响妇女的身心健康，使受害者和妇女的家庭产生绝望感，并接受虐待。随着虐待的持续，受虐妇女向负担过重的成人福利项目寻求帮助的可能性也在增加。北极星- dv - mh代表了一种创新的方式，摆脱了家庭暴力和全球心理健康评估，这些评估不是为受虐待妇女设计的。Polaris-DV-MH将使治疗小组成员（护士、医疗倡导者、医生、社会工作者）能够提供和获取有助于监测妇女从虐待中恢复的案例信息，包括她们的精神健康状况。妇女将定期完成计算机评估。将根据她们的反应制作实时报告，并提交给妇女保健中心和家庭暴力机构的医务人员。这些报告将有助于医疗、社会工作和家庭暴力工作人员确定需要立即进行心理健康或家庭暴力干预的妇女，以改善她们自己及其子女的安全和福祉。第一阶段的目标包括：(1)制定DV-MH评估；(2)自动化评估管理；(3)设计并自动生成评估报告；(4)建立成人家庭暴力康复量表的心理测量属性；(5)评估产品验收情况。在第二阶段完成Polaris dvh - mh的开发将包括推导预测模型，这将有助于医院、医疗、精神卫生和家庭暴力工作人员确定哪些妇女可能卷入可能升级并导致严重伤害/死亡或需要儿童福利机构干预的虐待。项目简介：Polaris DV-MH：该系统旨在解决对妇女和家庭最具破坏性的社会问题之一；家庭暴力和精神健康问题的合并症。虐待极大地影响了严重身心疾病的发病率，使受害者和妇女的家庭产生绝望感，并接受虐待。Polaris-DV-MH旨在通过计算机化和标准化评估协助家庭暴力案件小组的所有成员。Polaris- DV-MH报告将具有可操作性，可帮助治疗团队成员：(1)确定是否应建议进行心理健康干预；(2)确定女性的优势可能有助于调解虐待的影响，如PTSD的发展；(3)与医疗、精神卫生、家庭暴力和其他机构协调，记录和提供护理；(4)（在第二阶段）监测和记录妇女走向康复的进程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract: The proposed system, Polaris-DV-MH aims to address 1 of the most destructive social problems for women and families: domestic violence and the co-morbidity of mental health problems. Abuse significantly impacts women's physical and mental health, contributing to a sense of hopelessness as well as an acceptance of the abuse among its victims and the woman's family. As the abuse perpetuates, the likelihood of abused women turning to overburdened adult welfare programs for help increases. Polaris-DV-MH represents an innovative departure from domestic violence and global mental health assessments that are not designed for use with abused women. Polaris-DV-MH will enable treatment team members (nurses, medical advocates, physicians, social workers) to provide and access case information useful in monitoring women's recovery from abuse, including their mental health status. Women will complete computerized assessments at regular intervals. Real-time reports will be created based on their responses and given to medical providers at women's health centers and domestic violence agencies. These reports will help medical, social work and domestic violence personnel identify women whom need immediate mental health or domestic violence interventions to improve safety and well- being for themselves and their children. Phase I goals include: (1) Develop the DV-MH assessment; (2) Automate administration of the assessment; (3) Design and automate generation of the assessment report; (4) Establish psychometric properties of the Adult Domestic Violence Recovery scale; (5) Evaluate acceptance of product. Completion of the development of the Polaris DV-MH during Phase II will include derivation of predictive models which will help hospitals, medical, mental health, and domestic violence personnel determine which women are likely to be involved in abuse that could escalate and result in serious injury/death or require child welfare agency intervention. Project Narrative: Polaris DV-MH: The proposed system, Polaris-DV-MH aims to address 1 of the most destructive social problems for women and families; domestic violence and the co-morbidity of mental health problems. Abuse significantly impacts the incidence of serious physical and mental health illness, contributing to a sense of hopelessness as well as an acceptance of the abuse among its victims and the woman's family. Polaris-DV-MH is designed to assist all members of the domestic violence case team through computerized and standardized assessment. Polaris- DV-MH reports will be actionable to help treatment team members: (1) determine whether mental health intervention should be recommended; (2) determine women's strengths that may help mediate the effects of the abuse, such as the development of PTSD; (3) coordinate with medical, mental health, domestic violence and other agencies to document and provide care; and (4) (in Phase II) monitor and document the progress of the woman as she moves towards recovery.