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Mental Health Providers
Men Stopping Violence (MSV) has been working with mental health professionals since its inception to help their clients understand violence and the behavior of a batterer.
Interventions like the classes offered by MSV are effective with men who, at some level, know they have a problem and want to work on the problem.
Recent studies indicate that psychological testing instruments do not reveal appreciable differences between men who batter and men who do not batter. What batterers do have in common is their use of violent behavior to maintain control over their partners. The best predictor of future violence is past violence. As such, MSV works with mental health professionals to encourage their male clients to attend MSV's program orientation where they get help defining the problem and gain an understanding of the support systems MSV has in place for them to stop the behavior.
To refer a man, simply give him the MSV telephone number. A 24-hour answering machine will tell him about the next orientation and provide directions. Additional questions about the process can be directed to Sulaiman Nuriddin - men's education manager at 404.270.9894.
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