ISBN: 9781588293619    Publisher: Humana Press Year of publishing: 2006     Format:  Hardcover No of Pages: 690        Language: English

Since the publication of the first edition in 1991 there has been substantial progress in our understanding of the etiology and associated features of domestic violence. As in the first edition this book elucidates and highlights the complex multidisciplinary issues facing clinicians who work with family violence cases. Each chapter combines two illustrative cases with a broader discussion of the issues that are encountered by clinicians working with families that engage in abuse or neglect.
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ROBERT T. AMMERMAN PhD is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and Staff Psychologist at the Childrens Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. He has authored more than seventy-five papers and book chapters. Dr. Ammerman is a Diplomate in Behavioral Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology. MICHEL HERSEN PhD is Professor and Dean of the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University. He has authored and edited numerous books journals and articles in the field of assessment. Michel Hersen (Ph.D. ABPP State University of New York at Buffalo 1966) is Professor and Dean of the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University. He completed his post-doctoral training at the West Have VA(Yale University School of Medicine Program). He isPast President of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He has coauthored and co-edited 146 books and has published 225 scientific journal articles. He is co-editor of several psychological journals including Behavior Modification Aggression & Violent Behavior: A Review Journal Clinical Psychology Review and Journal of Family Violence. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Anxiety Disorders and of Clinical Case Studies which is totally devoted to description of clients and patients treated with psychotherapy. He is Editor-in-Chief of the 4-volume work Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment. He has been the recipient of numerous grants from the National Institute of Mental Health the Department of Education the National Institute of Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research and the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology Fellow of the American Psychological Association Distinguished Practitioner and Member of the National Academy of Practice in Psychology and recipient of the Distinguished Career Achievement Award in 1996 from the American Board of Medical Psychotherapists and Psychodiagnosticians. Finally at one point in his career he was in full-time private practice and on several occasions he has had part-time private practices.
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