Violent Adolescents - Understanding the Destructive Impulse

Informationen zum Autor Greenwood, Lynn Zusammenfassung This volume looks at the reasons behind adolescent violence, and illuminates the earlier disturbances in the life history of the adolescent, which contribute to violent behaviour. The contributors look beyond the "why" of the behaviour and offer solutions on how to handle the situation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Understanding self-destructive behaviour in adolescence -- Beyond "bullies" and "victims": a systemic approach to tackling school bullying -- Parent battering and its roots in infantile trauma -- Violence in care -- Working with adolescents who want to kill themselves

Product details

• Authors: Robin Anderson, Lynn Greenwood
• Assisted by: Lynn Greenwood (Editor), Brett Kahr (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2005
• EAN: 9781855759152
• ISBN: 978-1-85575-915-2
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series; The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology