Development of a family-based treatment for co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: the MST-IPV model

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant global problem that affects the health of children, parents/caregivers and extended family. The effects can be lifelong and span generations. Treatments for IPV are focused largely on individual work with men as the primary aggressor. Even when the si...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Cindy M. Schaeffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-04-01
Series:BJPsych Bulletin
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469423001031/type/journal_article
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850178490290143232
author Cynthia Cupit Swenson
Cindy M. Schaeffer
author_facet Cynthia Cupit Swenson
Cindy M. Schaeffer
author_sort Cynthia Cupit Swenson
collection DOAJ
description Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant global problem that affects the health of children, parents/caregivers and extended family. The effects can be lifelong and span generations. Treatments for IPV are focused largely on individual work with men as the primary aggressor. Even when the situation includes child maltreatment, generally all family members are referred to a host of providers for varied treatments. Traditionally, couples and family work does not occur. In this article, we detail the development and practice of a comprehensive treatment model for complex cases of co-occurring IPV and child maltreatment that is inclusive of the family and couple. Of particular note, the development of this model, Multisystemic Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence (MST-IPV), involved input from the IPV stakeholder community.
format Article
id doaj-art-24b63d75ba3d4f509a69c82b7521f7ea
institution OA Journals
issn 2056-4694
2056-4708
language English
publishDate 2025-04-01
publisher Cambridge University Press
record_format Article
series BJPsych Bulletin
spelling doaj-art-24b63d75ba3d4f509a69c82b7521f7ea2025-08-20T02:18:43ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Bulletin2056-46942056-47082025-04-014910611710.1192/bjb.2023.103Development of a family-based treatment for co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: the MST-IPV modelCynthia Cupit Swenson0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1257-9745Cindy M. Schaeffer1Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USAUniversity of Maryland, Maryland, USAIntimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant global problem that affects the health of children, parents/caregivers and extended family. The effects can be lifelong and span generations. Treatments for IPV are focused largely on individual work with men as the primary aggressor. Even when the situation includes child maltreatment, generally all family members are referred to a host of providers for varied treatments. Traditionally, couples and family work does not occur. In this article, we detail the development and practice of a comprehensive treatment model for complex cases of co-occurring IPV and child maltreatment that is inclusive of the family and couple. Of particular note, the development of this model, Multisystemic Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence (MST-IPV), involved input from the IPV stakeholder community.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469423001031/type/journal_articlePost-traumatic stress disorderpsychosocial interventionstrauma and stressor-related disorderschildhood experiencecognitive–behavioural therapies
spellingShingle Cynthia Cupit Swenson
Cindy M. Schaeffer
Development of a family-based treatment for co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: the MST-IPV model
BJPsych Bulletin
Post-traumatic stress disorder
psychosocial interventions
trauma and stressor-related disorders
childhood experience
cognitive–behavioural therapies
title Development of a family-based treatment for co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: the MST-IPV model
title_full Development of a family-based treatment for co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: the MST-IPV model
title_fullStr Development of a family-based treatment for co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: the MST-IPV model
title_full_unstemmed Development of a family-based treatment for co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: the MST-IPV model
title_short Development of a family-based treatment for co-occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: the MST-IPV model
title_sort development of a family based treatment for co occurring intimate partner violence and child maltreatment the mst ipv model
topic Post-traumatic stress disorder
psychosocial interventions
trauma and stressor-related disorders
childhood experience
cognitive–behavioural therapies
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469423001031/type/journal_article
work_keys_str_mv AT cynthiacupitswenson developmentofafamilybasedtreatmentforcooccurringintimatepartnerviolenceandchildmaltreatmentthemstipvmodel
AT cindymschaeffer developmentofafamilybasedtreatmentforcooccurringintimatepartnerviolenceandchildmaltreatmentthemstipvmodel