PERSONAL AND SOCIOL EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Paper discuses about consequences of domestic violence and an expected knowledge of social worker to mitigate the problem. The paper also discussed some social work interventions that can help in managing or preventing domestic violence or reducing its scourge in our societies. Such useful interventions include, crisis intervention, counseling. Psychotherapy psycho-education and provision of adequate security for the victims. The paper examined the nature and causes of violence within the family. It has also highlighted some of its effects on the individual, the family, the society and the nation. Among such consequences are physical injuries, poor health, general emotional distress, nightmares, phobia, low self esteem, poor marital relationships, broken homes and so on. paper also discussed some social work interventions that can help in managing or preventing domestic violence or reducing its scourge in our societies. Such useful interventions. It is highly advocated in this paper that social workers and other caregivers should be more committed to solving the problems of victims of family violence. It is also suggested that the government and non-governmental organizations should help in preventing or reducing the occurrence of domestic violence.