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Violence and Trauma in British Columbia Centre of Excellence the Lives of Women with for Women's Health Serious Mental Illness Vancouver, BC CANADA Current Practices in Service Provision in British Columbia By Marina Morrow Report available in alternate formats Violence and Trauma in the Lives of Women with Serious Mental Illness Current Practices in Service Provision in British Columbia By Marina [...] Research- ers and practitioners in mental health are becoming more and more aware of the impact of violence on the lives of women with chronic and persistent mental health problems. [...] VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS: CURRENT PRACTICES IN SERVICE PROVISION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA In this report it is recommended that mental health policy makers and planners provide leadership in the development of training and practice guidelines for working with women who are trauma and violence survivors. [...] Anderson and Chiocchio examine As will be seen in the discussion of the inter-relationship between abuse, the findings of this report, this grey homelessness and substance use: area in understanding the role of violence in mental illness continues "The relationship between abuse on to confound responses to the the one hand and homelessness, problem. [...] HEALTH IV The Project The goals of the project were to: • Document the current practice and training of different groups of mental health care providers in two regions with respect to the provision of services for women with chronic and persistent mental health prob- lems who are survivors of violence and trauma; • Identify both formal and/or informal protocols and policies that are used to guide.