Child Abuse Trauma
John N. Briere
ISBN: | 9780803937123 |
Publisher: | Sage Publications (CA) |
Published: | 31 January, 1992 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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Child Abuse Trauma
John N. Briere
This volume considers the unique and overlapping long-term effects of all major forms of child maltreatment. The author integrates information on seven types of child abuse and neglect - ranging from sexual and physical abuse to mistreatment by alcoholic or drug-addicted parents - and outlines the complex ways in which abuse impacts on later psychosocial functioning. Briere reframes traditional notions of psychopathology and describes treatment approaches to abuse-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, interpersonal dysfunction, self-destructive behaviour, impaired self-reference and borderline personality disorder. Child Abuse Trauma will be an invaluable resource for abuse specialists and for general therap
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