Child Abuse Trauma: Theory and Treatment of the Lasting EffectsThis volume considers the unique and overlapping long-term effects of all major forms of child maltreatment. The author integrates information on seven types of child abuse and neglect - ranging from sexual and physical abuse to mistreatment by alcoholic or drug-addicted parents - and outlines the complex ways in which abuse impacts on later psychosocial functioning. Briere reframes traditional notions of psychopathology and describes treatment approaches to abuse-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, interpersonal dysfunction, self-destructive behaviour, impaired self-reference and borderline personality disorder. Child Abuse Trauma will be an invaluable resource for abuse specialists and for general therap |
Contents
Types and Forms of Child Maltreatment | 3 |
LongTerm Impacts of Child Abuse | 19 |
LongTerm Impacts of Child Abuse | 48 |
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Child Abuse Trauma: Theory and Treatment of the Lasting Effects John N. Briere No preview available - 1992 |
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