BACKGROUND: Studies conducted internationally confirm that child sexual abuse is a much
more widespread problem than previously thought, with even the lowest prevalence rates …

Reviews the literature on the long-term consequences of childhood physical abuse.
Empirical research is discussed within 7 topic areas: aggressive and violent behavior …

Multisystemic therapy (MST) has grown dramatically since the initial publication of this
comprehensive manual. Today, over 400 MST programs operate in more than 30 states and …

The impact of sibling relationships on how people develop has been dramatically under-
emphasised in the literature on child development. Drawing together new and established …

After working with parents as a mainstream and special class teacher, educational
psychologist, researcher and teacher educator, as well as being a parent of two young …

Child Maltreatment, Third Edition, by Cindy Miller-Perrin and Robin Perrin, is a thoroughly
updated new edition of the first textbook for undergraduate students and beginning graduate …

Bowen, S., Witkiewitz, K., Clifasefi, SL, Grow, J., Chawla, N., Hsu, SH, Carroll, HA, Harrop, E.,
Collins, SE, Lustyk, MK, & Larimer, ME (2014). Relative efficacy of mindfulness-based …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate dissociative disorder and overall
psychiatric comorbidity in patients with conversion disorder. METHOD: Thirty-eight …

A questionnaire consisting of items about abuse, neglect, self‐mutilation and suicide attempt
and the Turkish Version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale were given to 862 high …

Emotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have the
most harmful effects on the physical and psychological development and well-being of …