Safeguarding Children from Emotional Maltreatment: What Works

by Jane Barlow, Anita Schrader, Anita Schrader Mcmillan

Book Overview

Emotional maltreatment is widespread and has a profoundly harmful effect on a child's development. The effects of abuse are often carried into adulthood, and emotionally abused children are more likely to experience a range of problems as adults including depression, substance misuse and eating disorders. This book sets out to identify 'what works' in preventing emotional maltreatment from recurring.

Since most emotional maltreatment takes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849050538
• ISBN13: 9781849050531
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"