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Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment provides the most up-to-date knowledge on the causes and consequences of childhood trauma. This book represents current findings in trends and issues related to the emotional, behavioral, cognitive, social, and physical health consequences of childhood trauma. Crucial topics examined in
Mental Health Issues in Child Maltreatment include:
—Assessment practices and ethical considerations
—Neurobiology, neuroimaging, and neurodevelopmental impacts related to child maltreatment
—Human trafficking and sexual exploitation
—Familial, communal, and cultural causes of child maltreatment
—Adolescent perpetrators of sexual violence
Tabla de materias
1. Child Abuse and the Emergence of the Diagnosis of Developmental Trauma
2. Neurodevelopmental Impact of Child Maltreatment
3. Neuroimaging Aspects of Childhood Maltreatment
4. Neurobiology of Child Maltreatment
5. Clinical Manifestations of Trauma
6. Intrafamilial Violence
7. The Societal Causes of Violence
8. When the Big Bad Wolf is Real: The Clinical Implications of the Trafficking of Children
9. Children of Uxoricide
10. The Clinical Application of Attunement and Tacit Knowing in Women at Risk for Hurting Their Children
11. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Developmental Sequelae
12. Family, Community, and Cultural Factors in Child Maltreatment
13. Resilience in the Context of Childhood Maltreatment
14. Infancy
15. Clinical Presentations of Maltreated Preschool-Aged Children
16. Presentation and Clinical Assessment of Child Maltreatment in the School Setting
17. Adolescents Who Commit Sexual Offenses
18. Child Maltreatment to Juvenile Delinquency Pathway
19. Systemic Perspectives of School-Aged Children’s Exposure to Violence and Maltreatment
20. Ethical Issues When Working with Abused Children
21. Assessing Childhood Traumatic Reactions: The Variables that Influence Reactions and Methods of Assessment
22. Specialized Clinical Interviewing
23. Evidence-Based Practice in Child Maltreatment
24. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
25. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Applications for Child Maltreatment
26. Psychopharmacological Interventions for Childhood Maltreatment
27. A School-Based Perspective on Children in Crisis
28. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention of Childhood Maltreatment
29. Future Directions
Sobre el autor
Elisabeth Gibbings has served as Director of Admissions and Practicum Training at Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology for 15 years. An associate professor, she teaches graduate courses in psychological assessment. Elizabeth Gibbings earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1989 while simultaneously completing a school psychology specialization at Bryn Mawr College. She is both a licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist and has a private practice focused on assessment.
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