Child Abuse and Neglect: Diagnosis, Treatment and Evidence focuses attention on the clinical evidence of child abuse to help you correctly diagnose and treat su

“Anyone who had a troubled childhood ought to read this book.”—Anne H. Cohn, D.P.H., Executive Director, National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse

In this absorbing story of how child abuse grew from a small, private-sector charity concern into a multimillion-dollar social welfare issue, Barbara Nelson pro

An essential guide to understanding and preventing child abuse for parents and everyone who works with children.

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human