Jason Aronson, Inc.
Pages: 376
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-0-7657-0393-4 • Hardback • June 2006 • $136.00 • (£105.00)
Ofelia Rodriguez-Srednicki, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psycholog at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ. She is also a clinician in private practice at Upper Montclair Psychological Associates in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
James A. Twaite is a psychologist and statistician in private practice in Milford, Pennsylvania. He is also the director of research at Neurodynamics, Inc., a neurofeedback treatment center in Tenafly, New Jersey. He has taught courses in psychology, statistics, and psychometrics at Teachers College, Columbia University, at Barnard College, and at the College of New Rochelle. He is the author of three previous professional books: Introductory Statistics; The Black Elderly: Satisfaction in Later Life; and Children of Divorce.
Chapter 1 The Nature, Origins, and Prevalence of Child Abuse
Chapter 2 The Initial Impact of Maltreatment on Children and Adolescents
Chapter 3 Childhood Abuse and Adult Attachment Disorders
Chapter 4 Childhood Abuse and Borderline Personality Disorder
Chapter 5 Childhood Abuse and Eating Disorders
Chapter 6 Childhood Abuse and Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 7 Childhood Abuse and Adult Sexual Dysfunction
Chapter 8 Childhood Abuse and Adult Self-Destructive Behavior
Chapter 9 Childhood Abuse and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Chapter 10 Assessment of Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse
Chapter 11 Individual Therapy with Survivors of Childhood Abuse
Chapter 12 Group Treatment for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse
Chapter 13 Treating Survivors Who Have Posttraumatic Symptoms and Co-Morbid Substance Use Disorders
The authors point out that clinicians need to consider whether a patient's symptoms reflect childhood abuse and, if they do, conduct a preliminary assessment to detect the history of that abuse. The authors discuss assessment and intervention in both group and individual therapy, and they include case studies that illustrate the connection between childhood abuse and adult disorders. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals.
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