Description: An updated and expanded second edition which offers both a sound theoretical basis and a practical guide for those working in the field of child protection.The author explores the concept of a damaged child, and asks what are the different types of injury, ranging from active to passive, physical to emotional, that stop children from reaching their full potential-psychologically and physically. Case studies are provided to illustrate the features of emotional abuse, and chapters are devoted to the assessment and prediction of emotional abuse, effects of emotional abuse as the child grows up, intervention and treatment and working with the family as a whole. New topics have been added into the original material such as bullying, divorce, and domestic violence Sections on assessment procedures and therapeutic methods have been updated and expanded Author is an international authority on emotional abuse

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