Families, Children and the Development of Dysfunction (RARE)

Author: Mark R. Dadds

Condition: Good

Paperback

119 pages

The family plays a central role in the mental health of children. This psychology book studies the family in relation to child development and dysfunction explores whether there are critical family characteristics that are reliably predictive of childhood dysfunction - and whether these characteristics can be modified by family therapy.

Specific emphasis is on types of dysfunction such as depression, conduct problems and anxiety in the context of family influences, and details issues of identification, assessment and treatment of childhood dysfunction in relation to family processes.

A must read for those practicing in the child psychology field.

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