Partnered with a Survivor: David Mandel and Ruth Reymundo Mandel
This podcast is a series of conversations.
What started as a series of intimate conversations between Ruth and David that ranged from personal to professional experiences around violence, relationships, abuse, and system and professional responses which harm, not help, has now become a global conversation about systems and culture change. In many episodes, David and Ruth are joined by a global leader in different areas like child safety, men and masculinity, and, of course, partnering with survivors. Each episode is a deep dive into complex topics like how systems fail domestic abuse survivors and their children, societal views of masculinity and violence, and how intersectionalities such as cultural beliefs, religious beliefs, and unique vulnerabilities impact how we respond to abuse and violence. These far-ranging discussions offer an insider look into how we navigate the world together as professionals, as parents, and as partners. During these podcasts, David and Ruth challenge the notions which keep all of us from moving forward collectively as systems, as cultures, and as families into safety, nurturance, and healing.
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Partnered with a Survivor: David Mandel and Ruth Reymundo Mandel
Season 5 Episode 7: Childhood Domestic Violence Exposure Is “Pivotal”: An Interview with Professor Daryl Higgins
The recently published, groundbreaking, population-based study of child maltreatment in Australia found exposure to domestic violence is the most common form of maltreatment (39.6%). In this interview with Professor Daryl Higgins, one of the study’s chief investigators, David and Ruth discuss the domestic violence–specific results, including how they intersect with other forms of maltreatment and other adverse experiences to produce health and other challenges in adults.
Some of the key results discussed include:
- What was learned about childhood maltreatment, and its connection to health outcomes in adults, in this study of 8,500 Australians
- How domestic violence is present in the five most common clusters of overlapping types of maltreatment
- How men were more likely to report smoking and cannabis use as result of childhood exposure to domestic violence
- How women were more likely to report self-harm, suicide attempts, and obesity as a result of childhood exposure of domestic violence
- How female and gender diverse children were more likely to experience childhood exposure to domestic violence
Read more resources and publications from the Institute of Child Protection Studies about adopting a public health approach to protecting children: https://www.acu.edu.au/icps/public-health
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Season 5 Episode 5: A Trauma History is Not An Excuse for Acting Abusively
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