Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Abuse Issues

by Joan F. Kaywell

Book Overview

This book deals with four types of abuse: neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. For each type of abuse, selected works of fiction, literary, and professional perspectives are juxtaposed along with applications for utilizing the stories in a hypothetical therapy setting. In addition, reports of mental health workers, organizations, agencies, statistics, cases studies, and important research findings regarding each type of abuse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313307156
• ISBN13: 9780313307157
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"