Minefields in Their Hearts: The Mental Health of Children in War and Communal Violence

by Bennett Simon

Book Overview

The Holocaust, civil war in Bosnia, drug wars in the cities, random violence in schools, streets, and homes--such events and their aftermath pose special problems for mental health professionals, educators, and others who must help children make sense of acts that endanger them physically and psychically. In this book, edited by Drs. Roberta J. Apfel and Bennett Simon, mental health professionals share their knowledge, experiences, and hopefulness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300065701
• ISBN13: 9780300065701
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"