Child Abuse and Neglect: Attachment, Development and Intervention

ISBN-13: 9781403948250 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 336 str.

David Howe

Opis

This exciting new book offers a survey of the field of child abuse and neglect from the perspective of modern developmental attachment theory. Using research evidence, this clear, compelling textbook answers the key questions any student or specialist in child welfare would ask.

Spis treści

Preface.- PART I: EMOTIONS, ATTACHMENT AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF Developing Minds in the Context of Close Relationships.- Emotions and Mind-Mindedness.- Patterns of Attachment.- Defensive Processes, Attachment and Maltreatment.- PART II: ABUSE Physical Child Abuse.- Psychological Maltreatment: Emotional Abuse, Neglect and Rejection.- PART III: NEGLECT Disorganised Neglect.- Depressed, Passive and Physical Neglect.- Severe Deprivation and Chronic Neglect Including Institutionalised Care.- PART IV: COMPOUND CASES OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT Physical Abuse and Neglect.- Drugs, Depression and Domestic Violence.- Child Sexual Abuse.- PART V: INTERVENTIONS Parent-Infant and Young Child Interventions.- Interventions with Pre-School and School-Age Children.- Interventions with Adolescents, Adults and Parents.- Epilogue.- References.- Author Index.- Subject Index

O autorze

Professor David Howe OBE works in the Centre for Research on the Child and Family at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. He has research, writing and teaching interests in child abuse and neglect, adoption, and children's development, and was founding editor of the Blackwell Science journal, Child and Family Social Work (1996-2001). Other publications include On Being a Client: Understanding the Process of Counselling & Psychotherapy (Sage, 1993), Introduction to Social Work Theory: Making Sense in Practice (Avebury, 1987, and still selling) and Adopters on Adoption (British Association for Adoption and Fostering, 1996).