The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803955960 ISBN 13: 9780803955967

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1996

Synopsis

A resource of unparalleled thoroughness, the handbook - published in cooperation with the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) - provides critical information for those who dedicate their working lives to alleviating the causes and consequences of child abuse and neglect. Written in engaging and straightforward language, and committed to practical application, this comprehensive volume covers physical and sexual abuse, all forms of neglect, and psychological maltreatment. Experts in a variety of specialized areas have designed each chapter to inform professionals in mental health, law, medicine, law enforcement and child protection services of the most current empirical research and literature available.

About this title

About the Author:

John N. Briere, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, where he consults and teaches in the ER, burn unit, and inpatient psychiatry, and Center Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center’s National Child Traumatic Stress Network. A past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, he is recipient of the Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for Scientific Achievement from ISTSS, and the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association’s Division 56, and has been designated Highly Cited Researcher (Behavioral Sciences) by the Institute for Scientific Information. He is author of a number of books, articles, and psychological tests in the areas of trauma and interpersonal violence, and has a long-standing interest in the clinical applications of meditation, mindfulness, and compassion. His website is johnbriere.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0803955960
• ISBN 13: 9780803955967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Briere John N., Berliner Lucy, Bulkley Josephine A., Jenny Carole A., Reid Theresa A.