Children in family contexts : perspectives on treatment / edited by Lee Combrinck-Graham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Combrinck-Graham, Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child mental health.

Child psychiatry.

Family psychotherapy.

Families--Mental health.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, this text and professional resource provides a practical guide to family-based therapy for childhood emotional and behavioral problems. Presented are innovative assessment and treatment strategies that take into account children's developmental needs, different family forms, health and environmental challenges, and relationships with larger systems. Reflecting 15 years of clinical advances and the changing contexts of family life, the second edition features many new chapters and new authors. New topics include gene-environment interactio

Contents:

CONTENTS; PART I. CHILD MENTAL HEALTH FUNDAMENTALS IN FAMILY CONTEXT; 1. The Child in Family Therapy: Guidelines for Active Engagement across the Age Span; 2. Development in Family Contexts; 3. Guidelines for a Family Assessment Protocol; 4. Family Therapy in an Age of Biological Psychiatry; 5. The Biology of Family Culture; PART II. DIFFERENT FAMILY STRUCTURES; 6. Two-Parent Families, or How to Love a Two-Headed Monster; 7. Successful African American Single-Parent Families; 8. Remarried Systems; 9. Children in Foster Families; PART III. CHILDREN IN FAMILIESFACING SPECIFIC CHALLENGES

10. Children with Chronic Illness and Physical Disabilities11. Families with Children with Disrupted Attachments; 12. Children of Parents with Mental Illness; 13. The Invisible Illness: Children in Alcoholic Families; 14. Families Coping with the Death of a Parent; PART IV. FAMILIES AND LARGER SYSTEMS; 15. The Family's Own System; 16. Partners for Success: A Collaborative Project in School-Based Mental Health Practice and Training; 17. Children in Placement: A Place for Family Therapy; 18. The Family and the Legal System; PART V. LARGER ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN IN FAMILIES

19. A Model for Disrupting Cycles of Violence in Families with Young Children20. Of Two Worlds: Working with Children in Immigrant Families; 21. The Many Cultures of Child Protection; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611123048

9781462514656

1462514650

9781281123046

1281123048

9781593855062

1593855060

OCLC:

476086138