Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick (A Harvard Medical School Book)

Rauch, Paula K.; Muriel, Anna C.

ISBN 10: 0071446818 / ISBN 13: 9780071446815

Published by McGraw Hill, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick (A Harvard Medical School Book)
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071446818
• ISBN 13: 9780071446815
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 12 ounces

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Synopsis

For families with a seriously ill parent--advice on helping your children cope from two leading Harvard psychiatrists

Based on a Massachusetts General Hospital program, Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick covers how you can address children's concerns when a parent is seriously ill, how to determine how children with different temperaments are really feeling and how to draw them out, ways to ensure the child's financial and emotional security and reassure the child that he or she will be taken care of.

About the Authors

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Paula K. Rauch, M.D., is founder and director of the PACT program at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she also serves as chief of the Child Psychiatry Consultation Service. She is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Anna C. Muriel, M.D., M.P.H., is on the PACT staff at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.