Rape of Childhood - Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Childhood

The Rape of Childhood: Development, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Childhood Sexual Abuse details the realm of childhood sexual abuse. Contributors examine variables that increase a child's vulnerability to maltreatment, including age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors, and outline various consequences of childhood sexual abuse.

List of contents

Chapter One
The Realm of Childhood Sexual Abuse: An Introductory Overview
Salman Akhtar and Shawn Blue

Chapter Two
Clinical Interventions with Sexually Abused Children
Thomas Barrett

Chapter Three
Developmental Consequences of Sexual Abuse
Christie Huddleston

Chapter Four
Be Careful What You Wish For: The Seduction of Three Adolescent Boys by their Female Teachers
Calvin Colarusso with an addendum by Gordon Caras
Chapter Five
The Seduction of Adolescent Males by their Female Teachers: Why So Infrequent?
Andrew Smolar

Chapter Six
The Culture of Sex Trafficking
Vivian Pender

Chapter Seven
The Underbelly of our Culture (and of Psychoanalysis)
John Frank

Chapter Eight
Shattered Children: A Concluding Commentary
Ann G. Smolen

About the author

Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA.

Summary

The Rape of Childhood: Development, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Childhood Sexual Abuse details the realm of childhood sexual abuse. Contributors examine variables that increase a child’s vulnerability to maltreatment, including age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors, and outline various consequences of childhood sexual abuse.

Product details

• Authors: Salman Akhtar
• Assisted by: Salman Akhtar (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781498587839
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8783-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Margaret S. Mahler; Margaret S. Mahler
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SELF-HELP / Abuse, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Clinical psychology, Coping with personal problems, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Violence in society, Age groups: children, Child abuse, Coping with / advice about abuse