Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse
Subtitle: The Cost of Fear
Contributors: Una McCluskey (Editor); Carol-Ann Hooper (Editor)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781853026850
Subjects: Child abuse; Psychotherapy; Social, group or collective psychology; Sex crimes; Offenses Against Women; Social Psychiatry; Sexual harassment; Medical; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Psychology; Psychiatry - General; Abuse; Abuse - General; Sexual abuse victims; Criminology; Family violence; Psychological aspects
First sentence: Individuals experience abuse, of whatever kind, in the contexts of their own stage in life and past history, of their relationships with the person or persons perpetrating the abuse and with others, and of the social, cultural and political environment in which it occurs.