Children in Family Contexts, Second Edition : Perspectives on Treatment.

CONTENTS -- PART I. CHILD MENTAL HEALTH FUNDAMENTALS IN FAMILY CONTEXT -- 1. The Child in Family Therapy: Guidelines for Active Engagement across the Age Span -- 2. Development in Family Contexts -- 3. Guidelines for a Family Assessment Protocol -- 4. Family Therapy in an Age of Biological Psychiatry -- 5. The Biology of Family Culture -- PART II. DIFFERENT FAMILY STRUCTURES -- 6. Two-Parent Families, or How to Love a Two-Headed Monster -- 7. Successful African American Single-Parent Families -- 8. Remarried Systems -- 9. Children in Foster Families -- PART III. CHILDREN IN FAMILIES FACING SPECIFIC CHALLENGES -- 10. Children with Chronic Illness and Physical Disabilities -- 11. Families with Children with Disrupted Attachments -- 12. Children of Parents with Mental Illness -- 13. The Invisible Illness: Children in Alcoholic Families -- 14. Families Coping with the Death of a Parent -- PART IV. FAMILIES AND LARGER SYSTEMS -- 15. The Family's Own System -- 16. Partners for Success: A Collaborative Project in School-Based Mental Health Practice and Training -- 17. Children in Placement: A Place for Family Therapy -- 18. The Family and the Legal System -- PART V. LARGER ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN IN FAMILIES -- 19. A Model for Disrupting Cycles of Violence in Families with Young Children -- 20. Of Two Worlds: Working with Children in Immigrant Families -- 21. The Many Cultures of Child Protection -- Index.