1st Edition
Assessment of Parenting Psychiatric and Psychological Contributions
314 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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These are the sorts of questions that face mental health practitioners who are increasingly involved in complex child care cases which come before the courts. They have been given little guidance to date on how these assessments should be made, especially where a decision has to be taken as to whether a child has experienced `significant harm.' In this much needed book senior clinicians consider... Read more
1: Introduction; 1: Significant issues in the assessment of parenting; 2: Components of parenting assessments; 2: Assessing family functioning in parenting breakdown; 3: The meaning of the child; 4: The child's perspective; 5: Emotionally abusive experiences; 6: Assessing protectiveness in cases of child sexual abuse; 7: Assessing treatability; 8: Predicting maltreatment; 9: Quantitative measures of parenting; 10: Giving due consideration to the family's racial and cultural background; 3: Specific circumstances; 11: Parents with psychiatric problems; 12: Parents who misuse drugs and alcohol; 13: Parents with learning disability; 14: Parents who are gay or lesbian; 15: Parents who have killed their partner; 16: Alternative caretakers; 17: What constitutes reasonable contact?; 4: Conclusions; 18: Balanced opinions
Biography
Dr Peter Reder, Clare Lucey
'Well written and pleasurable to read... The book will be valuable to psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and lawyers. The editors have gathered excellent contributions from eminent psychiatrists and psychologists. Those involved in parenting assessment and in the legal aspects of child care, particularly child psychiatrists, will find this book a must.' - British Journal of Psychiatry
