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Author:   David Howe
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.664kg
ISBN:  

9781403948250

ISBN 10:   1403948259
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   21 April 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

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

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'This is an important and impressive book and an invaluable contribution to the field.' - Anna Flanigan, YoungMinds Magazine 'This book is clearly organised and accessible, making it easy for the practiioner to consult relevant sections...Howe's final sentence sums up the message of this generally excellent book: 'if relationships are where things developmentally can go wrong, then relationships are where they are most likely to be put right.' - Jeanne Kaniuk - Adoption and Fostering 'A scholarly and very readable piece of work that will be of interest to academics as well as clinicians.' - Journal of Advanced Nursing 'There are some books that you pick up and think, I really ought to read that and you approach them with a sense of dread mitigated only by grim determination. And then you start reading them, and you're hooked. This book was one of them.' - Accord Magazine for the Association of Christian Councellors

'This is an important and impressive book and an invaluable contribution to the field.' - Anna Flanigan, YoungMinds Magazine 'This book is clearly organised and accessible, making it easy for the practitioner to consult relevant sections...Howe's final sentence sums up the message of this generally excellent book: 'if relationships are where things developmentally can go wrong, then relationships are where they are most likely to be put right.' - Jeanne Kaniuk - Adoption and Fostering 'A scholarly and very readable piece of work that will be of interest to academics as well as clinicians.' - Journal of Advanced Nursing 'There are some books that you pick up and think, 'I really ought to read that' and you approach them with a sense of dread mitigated only by grim determination. And then you start reading them, and you're hooked. This book was one of them.' - Accord Magazine for the Association of Christian Councellors

Author Information

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).

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