Editing Violence (section)

==== Support programmes ====
Interventions to identify victims of interpersonal violence and provide effective care and support are critical for protecting health and breaking cycles of violence from one generation to the next. Examples for which evidence of effectiveness is emerging includes: screening tools to identify victims of intimate partner violence and refer them to appropriate services;<ref>{{cite journal | author = Olive P | year = 2007 | title = Care for emergency department patients who have experienced domestic violence: a review of the evidence base | journal = Journal of Clinical Nursing | volume = 16 | issue = 9| pages = 1736–48 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01746.x| pmid = 17727592 | s2cid = 37110679 }}</ref> psychosocial interventions—such as trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy—to reduce [[Violence and mental illness|mental health problems associated with violence]], including post-traumatic stress disorder;<ref>{{cite journal | author = Roberts GL | year = 1997 | title = Impact of an education program about domestic violence on nurses and doctors in an Australian emergency department | journal = Journal of Emergency Nursing | volume = 23 | issue = 3| pages = 220–26 | doi=10.1016/s0099-1767(97)90011-8| pmid = 9283357 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> and protection orders, which prohibit a perpetrator from contacting the victim,<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Holt VL, etal | year = 2003| title = Do protection orders affect the likelihood of future partner violence and injury? | journal = American Journal of Preventive Medicine | volume = 2003 | issue = 24| pages = 16–21 | doi=10.1016/s0749-3797(02)00576-7| pmid = 12554019| doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=McFarlane J, etal | year = 2004| title = Protection orders and intimate partner violence: an 18-month study of 150 Black, Hispanic, and White women | journal = American Journal of Public Health | volume = 2004 | issue = 94| pages = 613–18 | doi=10.2105/ajph.94.4.613| pmc = 1448307 | pmid=15054014}}</ref> to reduce repeat victimization among victims of intimate partner violence.