How to Help Your Child Overcome Your Divorce [Paperback]

Elissa P. Benedek (Author), Catherine F. Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1998

This invaluable manual for parents, by one of the nation's top experts, gives answers to questions about helping children adjust to separation and divorce; keeping the relationship between ex-spouses as free of conflict as possible; and much more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The many poignant examples of actual children and parents reacting to the divorce process bring this book to life. The expert scientific knowledge and years of clinical experience bring the wisdom to this easy to read, easy to understand collection of specific practical advice to address the day to day problems of families undergoing divorce. It's comprehensive scope and general wisdom about child rearing makes this book a valuable resource for parents and adolescents anticipating or experiencing divorce. Judges, attorneys and mediators working in the area of family law could benefit from this resource as well as mental health professionals providing forensic or treatment services to the members of families of divorce. This book is most impressive, very practical, and useful."-- "William H. Ayres, M.D., President, The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Elissa P. Benedek, M.D., is a leading child psychiatrist and forensic expert. She is Director of Research and Training at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University. Dr. Benedek is the author of numerous scientific publications on child custody, the effects of divorce on children, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment. Having held some of the most prestigious leadership positions in her profession, including a term as only the second woman president of the American Psychiatric Association in its 151-year history, Dr. Benedek has worked tirelessly for many years to address the mental health needs of American children and make these needs known to policymakers and legislators. Catherine F. Brown, M.Ed., has worked for Psychiatric News, the newspaper of the American Psychiatric Association, since 1982. In addition to supervising the newspaperÂs production, she has written extensively on many mental health issues and clinical areas within psychiatry --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 311 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket Pr; 1 edition (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557043299
• ISBN-13: 978-1557043290
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,039,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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