1- Part I. Overview -- Definition and scope of the problem of child maltreatment / Kathleen Coulborn Faller and Sally Russo 2- Part II. Identification -- Types of child abuse and neglect / Kathleen Coulborn Faller ... [et al.] -- Causes of child abuse and neglect / Kathleen Coulborn Faller and Marjorie Ziefert .3- Part III. Intervention -- Assessment / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- Treatment, planning, process, and progress / Kathleen Coulborn Faller, Marjorie Ziefert, Carolyn Okell Jones -- Resources for intervention / Kathleen Coulborn Faller . 4- Institutional structures for handling child abuse and neglect -- The child welfare system / Kathleen Coulborn Faller, Judith B. Stone -- The legal aspects of child abuse and neglect / Donald N. Duquette. 5- Special issues -- Sexual abuse / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- Abuse and neglect : The adolescent as hidden victim / Marjorie Ziefert . 6- Interdisciplinary roles and collaboration -- The interdisciplinary team and the community / Marjorie Ziefert and Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- The role of physicians / H. Mark Hildebrandt -- Legal roles / Donald N. Duquette -- The role of the psychologist / Janet Stubbs -- The role of the psychiatrist on an interdisciplinary team / Anne E. Thompson -- Psychiatric evaluations / Judith Kleinman -- The role of social workers in multidisciplinary collaboration / Kathleen Coulborn Faller and Marjorie Ziefert .

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