Table of Contents

Foreword - Lucy Berliner
Preface - David Finkelhor
Introduction
PART ONE: INCIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE
Type and Forms of Child Maltreatment
PART TWO: THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE: INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND THEORY
Long-Term Impacts of Child Abuse I
Psychological Responses
Long-Term Impacts of Child Abuse II
Behaviors and Relationships
PART THREE: EXPLORING THE SOLUTION: ABUSE-FOCUSED PSYCHOTHERAPY
Philosophy of Treatment
Parameters of Treatment I
Process Issues
Parameters of Treatment II
Intervention Approaches
Special Issues in Abuse-Focused Therapy
Summary
Appendix
The Child Maltreatment Interview Schedule

About the Author

John N. Briere, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, where he consults and teaches in the ER, burn unit, and inpatient psychiatry, and Center Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center’s National Child Traumatic Stress Network. A past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, he is recipient of the Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for Scientific Achievement from ISTSS, and the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association’s Division 56, and has been designated Highly Cited Researcher (Behavioral Sciences) by the Institute for Scientific Information. He is author of a number of books, articles, and psychological tests in the areas of trauma and interpersonal violence, and has a long-standing interest in the clinical applications of meditation, mindfulness, and compassion. His website is johnbriere.com.