Child Abuse Trauma : Theory and Treatment of the Lasting Effects
, by John N. BriereNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780803937123 | 0803937121
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/30/1992
This 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