The enlightening collection of new approaches to understanding
sexual abuse When sexual abuse occurs, helping those directly
affected can be a difficult and convoluted task. The Handbook of
Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse is a
comprehensive guide that provides the latest information on
assessment, management, prevention, and policy. Through insightful
and accessible discussions, this collection of essays encompasses
the full spectrum of child and adolescent sexual abuse to shed
needed light on an affecting issue. This innovative text is the
up-to-date source for unique and compassionate ways of supporting
and treating survivors. The increased attention given to child
sexual abuse in recent years has revealed how little we know about
this tragedy. The Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent
Sexual Abuse is the practical compendium that covers the already
existing information regarding violence against children and delves
into practical methods for treating those immediately affected by
it. From its historical place in society to contemporary issues of
prevention that have only recently come to light, contributors
examine essential details in-depth and provide concise, empirical
directions for short- and long-term support. Also included is the
important and newly-available assessment and treatment information
focusing on ethnicity, gender, and comorbid influences as they
relate to family member treatment. Among the topics discussed in
the Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse
are: historical views of and responses to sexual abuse risk and
protective factors life stage consequences theories of family
dysfunction comorbidity and attachment intrafamilial abuse the
non-family offender current empirical assessment methods approaches
to treatment in children approaches to treatment in adolescents
neurological effects of abuse treatment for the non-offending
caregiver the role of the internet and other media policy and
practice implications the prevalence and consequences of abuse new
methods of abuse prevention and child protection the etiology of
sexual offending in an attachment framework and much more! The
Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse is
an essential resource for educators, medical practitioners,
psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, family
therapists, and students, researchers, and academics in the field
of social work.
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