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Doctors campaign for Australia's first domestic violence trauma recovery centre

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Hundreds of doctors across the country have banded together in a bid to win government support for Australia's first domestic violence trauma recovery centre to be established in New South Wales.

Key points:

• The recovery centre would be located in the Illawarra region of NSW
• The centre would provide bespoke, ongoing and free services that doctors say would be ground-breaking in Australia
• An economist says domestic violence costs the Australian economy up to $20 billion a year

The group, Doctors Against Violence Towards Women, have informally collaborated through social media and have argued that while crisis support was prevalent, ongoing care for victims who had suffered trauma, did not exist.

"We recognise when a veteran goes overseas and experienced trauma in war and they come back with psychological damage as a result, but there isn't recognition of what happens to a child that might have been molested or raped or beaten by a parent," Psychiatrist Karen Williams said.

Dr Williams, who is a member of the group and practises at a private hospital in Wollongong, said in many cases the abuse experienced in childhood was intrinsically linked with violent relationships later in life.

"It's actually a mental health condition, that experiencing trauma as a child actually changes the architecture of the brain, it changes the neurochemistry of the brain," she said.

"I saw 13 women last week and none of them had been referred to me with trauma. They had been referred to me with anxiety or depression, but all 13 of them had histories of abuse," she said.

Domestic violence costing the economy 'billions'

Chief economist at the Australia Institute Richard Dennis joined the campaign for a trauma recovery centre to be established and said domestic violence had a crippling effect on the Australian economy.

"We're looking at up to $20 billion a year Australia-wide in medical costs, time taken off work and the impact that that has on other people," Mr Dennis said.

"It's an enormous problem and the fact there that is no dedicated recovery service at the moment in Australia speaks volumes for how overlooked this problem has been."

Mr Dennis said it did not make economic sense to ignore the need for a wholistic service dedicated to trauma recovery.

"The dedicated service is not just an efficient way to organise the care that we need to provide, it's a compassionate way and a way that's going to reduce those ongoing psychological problems that are attached to violence," he said.

"This would be an Australian-first centre that wouldn't just provide part of what's needed but all of what's needed."

Hypnotherapy, counselling and research

An advisory council has been formed in the New South Wales Illawarra region where the facility would be located to create a business case to encourage government funding.

Illawarra Women's Centre general manager Sally Stevenson said the centre would provide bespoke, ongoing and free services that would be ground-breaking in Australia.

"Such as trauma informed counselling and having that provided beyond the 10 Medicare-funded healthcare plan sessions, free, long-term and when the women need it," Ms Stevenson said.

"There are also a lot of evidence-based practices and strategies like neuroplasticity around hypnotherapy for women that have experienced trauma.

"They aren't readily available in Australia but are from the United States and we want to be a place where women can access those treatments," she said.

The business case will also outline a desire for research to be conducted from the centre to better understand and respond to the emerging evidence of the impact of trauma.

"At minimum it would be about $1.5 million a year to run and we think it's something that should be incorporated into the public health system," Ms Stevenson said.

The advisory group is expected to deliver the business model to all levels of government before the end of the year.

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