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This book is a guide for mental health professionals who are assessing parenting abilities in order to determine if a child has experienced "significant harm." The book covers topics such as assessing family functioning, the effects of questionable parenting on the child, emotional abuse, a parent's capacity to protect the child from future abuse, a parent's potential to benefit from treatment, and influences of race and culture.
This book is an in-depth guide for mental health practitioners and other professionals undertaking complex child care assessments for the courts. Psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and family therapists advise on how to structure parenting assessments, particularly when deciding whether a child has experienced "significant harm." Topics covered include how to assess family functioning, the effects of questionable parenting on the child, emotional abuse, a parent's capacity to protect the child from future abuse, a parent's potential to benefit from treatment, and influences of race and culture. Also addressed are issues surrounding children of parents with psychiatric problems, homosexuals or substance abusers.
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