The impact of culture on sexual abuse issues is only beginning to be understood. In minority populations, sexual abuse can be overlooked - or survivors can be inappropriately treated - because of cultural or linguistic misunderstandings, racism or homophobia. This volume contains culture-specific chapters that consider ways in which cultural norms can be used to protect children and promote healing from sexual abuse.
This collection is a study of family violence, based on papers from the 4th International Family Violence Research Conference. The contributors call for a collaborative approach to the study of family violence and examine theory, methodology, assessment, interventions and ethical concerns related to both child and wife abuse. The issues that ......
Designed to be used alongside Treatment Strategies for Abused Adolescents therapist manual, this Activity Manual has been specifically designed for adolescents working in a therapeutic setting towards healing from early physical, sexual and/or emotional trauma. Introductions to each chapter sensitively address adolescents, and the trauma ......
Drawing on first-hand experience, the author s address critical issues of identification and assessment o f Munchausen by proxy syndrome, along with a long-term psych otherapy model designed for the successful treatment of ackn owledged perpetrators. '
Assessing and Treating Physically Abused Children is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive, practical approach to the assessment and treatment of physically abused children. It presents an overview of child physical abuse (including statistics and consequences); it discusses outcome studies and treatment implications, and also discusses ......
`This book is a practical and supportive guide for the professionals facing this traumatic subject. [It] is easily readable' - Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health `Therapeutic Work With Sexually Abused Children locates the practice experience of the authors within a rigorous theoretical framework and is a readable and useable guide ......
This newly updated edition of the top-selling reference manual for the medical evaluation of suspected child sexual abuse, has been expanded to reflect the increasing importance of properly performed, well-documented examinations. An invaluable illustrated guidebook for physicians, nurses, and other professionals involved with investigation of ......
Written for mental health professionals, this indispensable guide reviews the range of relevant literature covering issues in assessing child molesters. Fully updated, Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children, Second Edition steers the professional to the most current knowledge available on the subject in a compact, accessible form. ......
