Negative parental treatment of the singled-out child: Responses to the problem by health visitors, social services departments and child and adolescent mental health services

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-428

  Rushton, Alan ^a,c   Dance, Cherilyn ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MSc Programme in Mental Health Social Work   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mental health; Differential parenting; Emotional abuse; Identification of risk; Rejection; Therapeutic intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGATIVE PARENTAL TREATMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 23044483300     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104505053758     Document Type: Article

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