When Father Kills Mother - Guiding Children Through Trauma and Grief

Brings to public knowledge information about the effects of psychological trauma and bereavement on children.

List of contents

Contents: Preface: Confidentiality. Introduction: How We Came to the Work. Part I: Violence and Loss in Childhood. Children and Trauma. Children and Violence. Children and Grief. Why do People Kill Their Partners? Part II: When Father Kills Mother: Effects on the Children. The Children’s Stories. Picking up the Pieces. When Mother Kills Father. Healing the Trauma: Help for Children and Those Who Care for Them. For the Rest of Their Childhood. Looking Backward and Looking Forward: The Consequences for Adult Life. The Legal System. Part III: Learning from Experience. Research Findings. Planning Services for Bereaved and Traumatised Children. Appendices: Interviewing the Traumatised Child. Principles and Practice in Child Law. The Classification of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Voluntary Help: Useful Addresses. When Father Kills Mother: Principles for Practice.

About the author

Jean Harris-Hendriks, Dora Black, Tony Kaplan

Summary

Brings to public knowledge information about the effects of psychological trauma and bereavement on children.

Product details

• Authors: Dora Black, Black Dora, Jean Harris-Hendriks, Harris-Hendriks Jean, Tony Kaplan, Kaplan Tony
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2000
• EAN: 9780415196277
• ISBN: 978-0-415-19627-7
• No. of pages: 294
• Weight: 580 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Sociology: family & relationships, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Violence in society, Child welfare, Sociology: family and relationships, Paediatric medicine, Child welfare and youth services, Violence and abuse in society, Sociology: family, kinship and relationships