Child Abuse Trauma: Theory and Treatment of the Lasting Effects

by John N. Briere

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803937123
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/30/1992
Series:	Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series , #2
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

John N. Briere, Ph D 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.

Table of Contents

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