The Impact of Mandated Reporting on the Therapeutic Process: Picking up the Pieces (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803954731)

The introduction of mandated reporting laws of suspected child maltreatment in the United States was intended to solve a problem - it has, however, also created new ones. What began as an effort to ensure that physicians were reporting physical abuse of children has expanded: psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners are now included as mandated reporters. In addition, the scope of child maltreatment has broadened to include physical neglect, emotional maltreatment and sexual abuse.

The authors of this book discuss the profound effects - both positive and negative - that these changes have had on child protection services. In particular, they examine th

Author: Murray Levine, Howard J. Doueck
ISBN-10: 0803954735
ISBN-13: 9780803954731
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Language: English
Published: 07/05/1995
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d