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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Provides composite case studies of emotional abuse victims, who with the help of intervention, therapy, and advocacy are moved from states of despair upward to the path of recovery and survivorhood. Intervention, therapy, and advocate are all perspectives used to capture the range of innovative methods for treating emotional abuse survivors. Family and community resources are utilized with an emphasis on the reconnection process integral to moving from victim, to survivor of emotional abuse.
This is the first comprehensive book devoted exclusively to cancer in adolescents and young adults. It compiles medical, epidemiological, biological, psychological, and emotional issues of young adults’ oncology. The emphasis is on the differences of the "same" cancer in younger and older patients. Model programs specially designed to care for patients in the age group and surveillance of long-term adverse effects are reviewed.
The treatment of childhood cancer has become increasingly successful over the last forty years, and during the last two decades in particular, and the overall cure rate is now 60-70%. This, in turn, has introduced new issues for the clinician as the number of long-term survivors has increased. Some of the therapies that have contributed most to the
Drawing on case material from a variety of situations, the book describes medical research on medical art therapy with children, and practical approaches to using art activities with them. The text looks at children with burns, HIV, asthma and cancer.
The twenty-fourth volume of this acclaimed series presents 30 articles in seven major areas: developmental studies; stress and vulnerability; language studies; temperament studies; clinical syndromes; diagnosis and treatment; and psychosocial issues. The articles are of two types: original work that holds promise of furthering progress in the study of the child, and review pieces that offer an insightful systematic perspective on a significant area. Each article appears in its entirely with all original tables, figures and bibliographies.
This work examines the issues which affect the participation, achievement and social inclusion of children with medical conditions in education. The contributors discuss areas of potential difficulty and suggest ways of developing more effective and efficient provision, in and out of school.
Social Networks and Social Support in Childhood and Adolescence (Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence).
How can we measure the quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic disease? Major progress in the diagnosis and treatment of severe and chronic disease has led to an increased number of children and their families having to adapt and cope with the impact of disease, survival, and the cost of treatment. Health professionals have responded to this by developing a diversity of instruments for measuring quality of life for use in paediatrics, psychology and public health. This book introduces the reader to the emerging field of quality of life assessment and provides a comprehensive overview of the conceptual and methodological issues concerning quality of life in child and adolesce...