Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Intervention and Hope

by Martha B. Straus

Some try to disappear through starvation; others carve indecipherable symbols or other marks onto their arms and bodies; some run away from home; and still others bully and get bullied, hide weeping in their rooms, or attempt suicide.

Programs, experts, and interventions abound, but therapists and caregivers alike struggle to effectively help this challenging population. For every success in turning a troubled girl around, there seem to be...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393704475
• ISBN13: 9780393704471
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"