Treatment of Child Abuse - Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical, and Legal Practitioners

New and expanded material includes information on; Bullying; Sanctuary Model of trauma-informed care; Long-term medical management; Appropriate use of psychopharmacology; Importance of self-care for professionalsTreatment of Child Abuse is an important resource for mental health professionals, family physicians, pediatricians, emergency department physicians, physician assistants, and nurses, as well as child advocate professionals, social workers, and lawyers.

About the author

Robert M. Reece, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine and Visiting Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School. He is also the executive editor at The Quarterly Update.Rochelle F. Hanson, Ph.D., is a professor at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of trauma and the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices.John Sargent, M.D., is director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center. He is an experienced clinician in all aspects of child and adolescent psychiatry with a special interest in developing clinical systems of care for poor and underserved children.

Summary

Describes evidence-based and evidence-supported treatments for traumatized children and adolescents, information on research and theory underlying the interventions, and explanations of treatment protocols. This title focuses particular attention on special populations and cultural differences.

Product details

• Authors: Robert M. Reece, Robert M. (Tufts University) Hanson Reece, Robert M. Hanson Reece
• Assisted by: Rochelle F. Hanson (Editor), Rochelle F. (Professor Hanson (Editor), Robert M. Reece (Editor), Robert M. (Tufts University) Reece (Editor), John Sargent (Editor), John (Director Sargent (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.2014
• EAN: 9781421412726
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1272-6
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law