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Author:

Wedge, Marilyn.

Title:

Suffer the children : the case against labeling and medicating and an effective alternative / Marilyn Wedge.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

x, 243 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Child psychotherapy.
Family psychotherapy.
Child Behavior Disorders--therapy.
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders--therapy.
Child Psychiatry--trends.
Child.
Family Therapy--methods.
Psychotropic Drugs--adverse effects.
Unnecessary Procedures--trends.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.

Contents:

Beyond psychiatric labels : what stories tell us -- A new frame : strategic child-focused family therapy -- Listening to children -- Metaphor -- Invisible alliances -- Reading by not reading : the power of paradox -- Medication : the promise and the peril -- Threshold kids : a passage in search of a rite -- From biology to benevolence.

Summary:

A family therapist presents an alternative to giving children psychotropic medications for a variety of mental disorders and discusses creative strategies for viewing "disorders" as responses to relationships that can be altered with the help of a therapist.

ISBN:

0393071596 (hbk.)
9780393071597 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)601108984

LCCN:

2010041045

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)