Events such as the Holocaust and civil war in Bosnia pose special problems for those helping children make sense of acts that endanger them physically and psychically. In this text, two mental health... (more)
This work is concerned with the history of social policy and child welfare from the 1870s to the present. It offers a full narrative of the development of social services for children. 372 pages.
This book provides simple methods and ideas for finding solutions to problems in a school context, such as classroom disruption or helping a child begin to read after years of failing to progress.... (more)
This work presents a framework for adolescence as a developmental period, and surveys current concepts and research. It covers normal neurological, physical and reproductive development, and provides... (more)
Focusing on physical abuse, neglect and emotional abuse, this book examines the facts and the fallacies surrounding the intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment. It takes as its central... (more)
A practical guide for those professionals dealing with children whose cultural backgrounds differ from those of the mainstream society in which they live. The central theme of this book is the role... (more)
Drawing on personal, historical, sociological, psychoanalytic, literary and artistic sources, this compelling book explores the tensions and contradictions implicit in notions of children and... (more)
An examination of the violence that education presently practices on children. Using a paradigm steeped in object relations theory, psychoanalytic practice and recent research in neuroscience, the... (more)
The authors have developed a method of using art to communicate with children who have been traumatised, and who cannot talk about their experiences. 144 pages.
This text offers balanced advice on approaches therapists can use when patients or clients report they have experienced ritual abuse. Chapters deal with psychological and pharmacological treatment... (more)
In our increasingly competitive world, personal confidence is a prerequisite for success and confident children with a positive outlook have a much better chance to grow into successful,... (more)
Eisenbud probes issues around the Oedipus complex - expressions of infantile horror for the breast, ambivalence toward the mother from dependence on her and terrors of abandonment. She then describes... (more)
A discussion of the possible therapeutic moves and options in child psychotherapy, in which the author advocates a commonsense approach, encouraging the reader to fit treatment plans to patients,... (more)
This analysis of childhood depression explores the interplay of environment and genetics, showing how psychological reactions may translate into biochemical changes which form the core of depressive... (more)
More of the collected papers of this influential American psychoanalyst. They provide an exposition of the development of Mahler's essential concepts.
This text describes the work with, and psychological experience of, those children who are diagnosed as terminally ill. It makes extensive use of case studies - incorporating the words of children -... (more)