At the early onset of the stay-at-home orders in March, many advocates, including myself, expressed a deep concern about a potential increase of Domestic Violence.
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Please make use of these resources:
If you are in immediate danger, call *911 National
Domestic Violence hotline 1(800)799-SAFE
National Child Abuse hotline 1(800)4-A-Child
National Sexual Assault hotline 1(800)656-HOPE
National Suicide Prevention hotline 1(800)273-8255
National Sexual Violence Resource Center: https://www.nsvrc.org/
Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network: https://www.rainn.org/
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Reference(s):
Sacco, M.A., Caputo, F., & Ricci, P. (2020). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on domestic violence: The dark side of home isolation during quarantine. Medico-Legal Journal. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0025817220930553
Evans, M.L., Lindauer, M. & Farrell, M. (2020). A pandemic within a pandemic – Intimate partner violence during covid-19. The New England Journal of Medicine. Retrieved from https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2024046
