Carmel O'Brien - Blame Changer - The REALITIES of Intimate Partner Violence

First aired: 23 November 2016.

Carmel O'Brien is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the domestic violence field for nearly 25 years. After noticing the same questions about domestic/intimate partner violence were being asked, and that there was no document/book already produced to answer those questions, Carmel decided to write the book herself. This book is Blame Changer.

Topics discussed include:

*What is domestic/intimate partner violence?

*Is it a gendered issue?

*What are the actual statistics?

*What are the effects? Who does it effect?

*What causes DV? Is it different to arguing? How does mental illness contribute>

*Some signs/symptoms of DV both victims and perpetrators

*Behavioural patterns/cycles

*Why do victims stay?

*How social attitudes contribute to the situation

*The impact of having shelters on the safety of both women and men

*What can stop DV