Season 2, Episode 5: Invisible Impact

Transcript

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Resources for making plans:

• NY Times: Where Can Domestic Violence Victims Turn During Covid-19? 

• Sanctuary for Families: Safety Planning During Covid-19

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Mantenerse segurx durante COVID-19

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Staying Safe During COVID-19

• Futures Without Violence: Updates About COVID-19

• Ohio Domestic Violence Network: Has Your Head Been Hurt? 

• DomesticShelters.org

• VictimConnect: Confidential referrals for crime victims

Hotlines and numbers:

• The National Domestic Violence Hotline 24/7:1-800-799-7233, Webchat.

• The National Sexual Assault Hotline 24/7:1-800.656.HOPE (4673), Webchat.

• Ohio Domestic Violence Network: 1-800-934-9840

• StrongHearts Native Helpline for domestic and sexual violence against Native people specifically, 7am-10pm CT: 1−844-762-8483

• Trans LifeLine, 9am-3am CT:1-877-565-8860 

• Deaf Hotline for deaf survivors, 24/7:  videophone 1-855-812-100 or email

Read:

• Domestic Violence's Overlooked Damage: Concussion And Brain Injury

• New York Times: Do Brain Injuries Affect Women Differently? 

• Forensic Science International: An increasing risk of family violence during the Covid-19 pandemic: Strengthening community collaborations to save lives

• VOX: When home isn’t safe: What the coronavirus pandemic means for domestic violence survivors

• Journal of Neurotrauma: White Matter Correlates of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in Women Subjected to Intimate-Partner Violence: A Preliminary Study.

• Brain Imaging and Behavior: Brain injury in women experiencing intimate partner-violence: neural mechanistic evidence of an “invisible” trauma

Watch + Listen:

• HBO Documentary: Private Violence

• Faces of TBI Podcast Series

• Frontline PBS: League of Denial

Stacie escaped her abusive partner. But eight years later, her inner world was still in disarray. Why wasn’t she better? And why did it take her so long to leave?