Foreword - Lucy Berliner
Preface - David Finkelhor
Introduction
PART ONE: INCIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE
Type and Forms of Child Maltreatment
PART TWO: THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE: INTEGRATION OF
RESEARCH AND THEORY
Long-Term Impacts of Child Abuse I
Psychological Responses
Long-Term Impacts of Child Abuse II
Behaviors and Relationships
PART THREE: EXPLORING THE SOLUTION: ABUSE-FOCUSED PSYCHOTHERAPY
Philosophy of Treatment
Parameters of Treatment I
Process Issues
Parameters of Treatment II
Intervention Approaches
Special Issues in Abuse-Focused Therapy
Summary
Appendix
The Child Maltreatment Interview Schedule
John N. Briere, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and is past director of the Psychological Trauma Program at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. A past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), he is recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association, the Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for Scientific Achievement from ISTSS, the Presidential Award for Contribution to Methods from the Association for Scientific Advancement in Psychological Injury and Law, and the William N. Friedrich Lecturer: Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Child Psychology from the Mayo Clinic. A long-term student of Buddhist psychology, he has been Remote Faculty at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy since 2013.
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