Domestic Violence: Understanding the Full Spectrum of Abuse; Resources

Potter League for Animals and Women’s Resource Center to Host Film Screening and Community Conversation on the Connection Between Domestic Violence and Animals - Newport This Week

The Potter League for Animals, in partnership with the Women’s Resource Center, invites the public to a special screening of the short documentary film Tipping Point on Wednesday, April 30 at 6:00 PM at the Potter League’s Animal Care & Adoption Center in Middletown.   Directed by award-winning local filmmaker Susan M. Sipprelle, Tipping Point shares the stories of eight survivors of domestic violence and the barriers they faced in seeking safet…

Domestic Violence: Understanding the Full Spectrum of Abuse; Resources

By Leanna Coy, FNP-BC Domestic violence and family violence affects about 10 million Americans every year. Domestic violence includes physical, financial, sexual, or mental abuse of an adult, child, or elder. Domestic violence also includes intimate partner violence (IPV), which is abuse by a current or former partner or spouse. Approximately one in four women and one in nine men experience some form of domestic violence. However, like many viol…