Product Description

In this guide for mental health practitioners undertaking complex child care assessments for the courts contributors advise on sensitive issues, including the impact on children of parents with psychiatric problems or learning disabilities.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #306351 in Books
• Published on: 1995-10-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 308 pages

Review
'Well written and pleasurable to read... The book will be valuable to psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and lawyers. The editors have gathered excellent contributions from eminent psychiatrists and psychologists. Those involved in parenting assessment and in the legal aspects of child care, particularly child psychiatrists, will find this book a must.' - British Journal of Psychiatry

From the Back Cover
These are the sorts of question that face mental health practitioners who are increasingly involved in complex child care cases which come before the courts. They have been given little guidance to date on how these assessments should be made, especially where a decision has to be taken as to whether a child has experienced `significant harm.'
In this much needed book senior clinicians consider the principles and practice of parenting assessments and how they guide courts' decisions about children's welfare. They describe a number of frameworks for assessment and discuss the factors which help predict the risk of future maltreatment or the likelihood of successful rehabilitation. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the need to integrate the assessments of all relevant professionals in order to serve the best interests of the child, while also addressing the parents' potential to improve their caretaking skills. Offering guidance in areas of crucial significance for child, family and professional alike Assessment of Parenting will be widely welcomed.

About the Author
Tony Baker, Consultant in Child and Family Psychiatry, Ashwood Centre, Surrey Dora Black, Director of Children's Trauma Clinic and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Free Hospital, London Kevin Browne, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Criminology, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham Diana Cassell, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child,Adolescent and Family Centre, Surbiton, Surrey Rosalyn Coleman, Consultant Psychiatrist, Shrodells Hospital, Watford Sylvia Duncan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Ashwood Centre, Surrey Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Emanuel Miller Unit, St.George's Hospital, London; Honorary Senior Lecturer, St.George's Hospital Medical School; Psychoanalyst Ann Gath, Professor of Developmental Psychiatry, University College Medical School, London Danya Glaser, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Bloomfield Clinic, Guy's Hospital, London Helga Hanks, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, St.James's University Hospital, Leeds; Leeds Family Therapy and Research Centre, University of Leeds Sue Jenner, Freelance Consultant Clinical Psychologist Michael B.King, Honorary Consultant, Royal Free Hospital, London; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, London Caroline Lindsey, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Tavistock Clinic, London Clare Lucey, Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist, Children and Families Mental Health Service, West London Health Care NHS Trust Gerard McCarthy, Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry, London Begum Maitra, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Wolverton Gardens Child and Family Consultation Centre, Riverside Mental Health Trust, London Peter Reder, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Wolverton Gardens Child and Family Consultation Centre, Riverside Mental Health Trust Gerrilyn Smith, Freelance Consultant Clinical Psychologist; Family Therapist Peter Stratton, Leeds Family Therapy and Research Centre, University of Leeds