Offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the effects on children's development of poverty, lack of education and a negative social and economic environment.

Presents various definitions of family violence along with theories for the origin of the problem. Discusses different types of intrafamilial violence and the effects of each on children and adolescents, then looks at the phenomenon from a cross-cultural perspective, exploring family violence in non

Perry (epidemiology, U. of Minnesota) sets out a ten-step process for putting together a community program to convince children and adolescents not to smoke or drink, to avoid fat and salt, to get exercise, and to engage or disengage in other health-related behavior. The steps fall under the four pr

Four scholars of psychiatry help physicians, social workers, and others discriminate between altered normal development processes and the results of a serious mental disorder. They describe normal development and cultural influences versus psychotic disorders, normal grief versus pathological grief

This book will inform the reader of the remarkably high comorbidity of language impairment with a range of psychopathologic disorders of childhood and adolescence and the implications of this association for clinical practice. The book describes and discusses this relationship, its etiology and consequences for the child, and clinical issues in treating the disorder. The focus is on children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems who constitute the largest population referred for clinical attention and does not consider children with severe disorders, such as autism. Findings...

The appropriate and sensitive use of anatomical dolls is one of the topics explored in this comprehensive introduction to the process of interviewing child sexual abuse victims. Co-creator of the dolls, Marcia Morgan, takes readers through an interview from beginning to end. She provides guidelines on how to create an environment intended both to minimize a child's trauma and to enhance the amount, quality and validity of information obtained. She examines problems practitioners might encounter with young children and provides material on pre-interview preparation, training exercises and a...