Childhood adversity and developmental effects : international and cross-disciplinary perspectives / / editor, Lisa Albers Prock, MD, MPH

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, Florida : , : CRC Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6083
• Soggetto topico: Children and violence; Child abuse; Violence - Health aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): ProckLisa Albers
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: An International Problem; Chapter 1: Acts of Omission: An Overview of Child Neglect; Chapter 2: Frequency of Child Maltreatment in a Representative Sample of the German Population; Chapter 3: Setting the Stage for Chronic Health Problems: Cumulative Childhood Adversity among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness in Vancouver, British Columbia; Chapter 4: Emotional Abuse Towards Children by Schoolteachers in Aden Governorate, Yemen: A Cross-Sectional Study ; Chapter 5: Child Neglect in One-Child Families from Suzhou City of Mainland ChinaPart II: Children and War; Chapter 6: Transgenerational Consequences of PTSD: Risk Factors for the Mental Health of Children Whose Mothers Have Been Exposed to the Rwandan Genocide; Chapter 7: The Intergenerational Effects of War on the Health of Children; Part III: The Developmental Impact on Mental and Physical Health; Chapter 8: Childhood Adversity, Recent Life Stressors and Suicidal Behavior in Chinese College Students ; Chapter 9: Childhood Sexual Abuse and the Development of Recurrent Major Depression in Chinese WomenChapter 10: Differences in the Association Between Childhood Trauma and BMI in Black and White South African Women; Chapter 11: Childhood Trauma and PTSD Symptoms Increase the Risk of Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Former Indentured Child Laborers in Old Age; Chapter 12: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Psychosocial Well-Being and Cognitive Development Among Orphans and Abandoned Children in Five Low Income Countries; Part IV: Hope for the Future ; Chapter 13: School-Based Mental Health Intervention for Children in War-Affected Burundi: A Cluster Randomized TrialChapter 14: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Affected by Sexual Abuse or Trauma; Author Notes; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Child trauma and violence is not an issue that is constrained to one nationality or one ethnicity. A staggering number of children around the world are subjected to violence and abuse, both domestic and political. The current volume examines the issue of developmental trauma from a variety of viewpoints, including sociological, epidemiological, genetic, and psychiatric. The chapters contained within are broken into the following sections: Child neglect and violence from an international perspective The effects of war and armed conflict on children's health and development The impact of child
• Titolo autorizzato: Childhood adversity and developmental effects
• ISBN: 1-77463-384-1; 0-429-15387-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788116903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II