| The Impact of Mandated Reporting on the Therapeutic Process: Picking up the Pieces Contributor(s): Levine, Murray (Author), Doueck, Howard J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803954735 ISBN-13: 9780803954731 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Psychology | Interpersonal Relations |
| Dewey: 616.852 |
| LCCN: 95-18434 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The introduction of mandated reporting laws of suspected child maltreatment in the United States was intended to solve a problem - it has, however, also created new ones. What began as an effort to ensure that physicians were reporting physical abuse of children has expanded: psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners are now included as mandated reporters. In addition, the scope of child maltreatment has broadened to include physical neglect, emotional maltreatment and sexual abuse. The authors of this book discuss the profound effects - both positive and negative - that these changes have had on child protection services. In particular, they examine th |