Personal stories of victims accompany the summaries of the nature of varied types of abuse, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse as well as neglect, and discussions of treatment approaches through individual self- help, group programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Al- Anon, the use of community resources such as hotlines and shelters, and professional resources. Advice is also given to professionals who treat abuse victims in situations involving chemical dependency as well as abuse in the family. The text emphasizes that addiction and domestic assault do not cause each other and that in families with both chemical dependency and violence, treatment of the chemical dependency must come first, followed by separate but integrated treatment for family violence. Checklists, figures, chapter notes, and appended list of national hotlines and text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights