Assessment of Parenting Competency in Mothers with Mental Illness

Teresa Ostler

The stakes are undeniably high when it comes to deciding whether a mother with mental illness can raise her child in a safe, nurturing environment. Now mental health professionals will have sound assessment strategies refined over 10 years of study that fairly evaluate the parenting competency of mothers with a wide range of mental illnesses, from baby blues to schizophrenia. Going beyond measuring only the mother's degree of mental illness, the safety of the environment, or the rate of child development, this groundbreaking resource integrates multiple approaches so that professionals understand the full picture of parenting competency.

2007

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$55.00

Children with Sexual Behavior Problems Family-Based Attachment -Focused Therapy

Definitive clinical methods for treating inappropriate behavior. Prevailing taboos about sex and the misconception that sexually inappropriate touching, language, and other actions by children are always signs of sexual abuse lead families to hide problems. William N. Friedrich, with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, offers a research-based and clinically proven method for assessment, diagnosis, and intervention with children and their families.

2007

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$47.95

Early Intervention with Multi Risk Families An Integrative Approach

Sarah Landy and Roseanne Menna

2006

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$77.00

Family Intervention Guide to Mental Illness

B Morey

Inside you'll find step-by-step support and information for determining whether someone you care about is suffering from a mental disorder, and what you can do to help. The book outlines the nine fundamental steps to recognizing, managing, and recovering from mental illness. It provides both diagnostic information and details about therapy options and useful medications. With the right advice, determined effort, and a lot of love, you can make a difference.

2007

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$30.95

Infants of Parents with Mental IIlness Developmental, Clinical, Cultural, and Personal Perspectives

Anne Sved Williams

How best to work with families where infants are at risk? This is the substance of this book: to understand how to achieve improved outcomes for infants growing up in situations of risk, mainly in the area of the parents' mental health, but also in other related psychosocial circumstances that may impair parental functioning. These include migration, well known to be stressful, substance abuse, and infant hospitalisation. Throughout this book, the authors examine the effects of adverse life circumstances on infant and family and, in most cases, also describe assessments and interventions.

2008

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$49.00

Readings in Family Therapy From Theory to Practice

Janice M. Rasheed

Filling the need for a resource that goes beyond the scope of basic textbooks, this reader provides a compilation of eighteen full-text articles that highlight and illuminate family therapy models and related issues. The editors have included a diverse range of topics authored by leading scholars in the field in order to showcase the far-reaching capacity of the field. Each article includes editorial comments that offers even greater context for readers.

2009

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$85.00

Relationship Counselling for Children, Young People and Families

Kathryn Geldard and David Geldard

This book is a practical skills-based introduction to relationship counselling. It covers couple counselling for parents, whole family counselling and counselling for children and young people with regard to their relationships with siblings, peers, and parents.

2008

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$69.00

Strengths Based Batterer Intervention A New Paradigm in Ending FamilyViolence

Peter Lehman and Catherine Symmonds

2009

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$93.00