Affective Disorders and the Family: Assessment and Treatment—edited by John F. Clarkin, Ph.D., Gretchen L. Haas, Ph.D., and Ira D. Glick, M.D.; New York, Guilford, 1988, 263 pages, $26.95

The multidetermined nature of psychiatric disorder in childhood calls for a detailed assessment of the individual and his family, and often a team approach to treatment. Since this involves contact with the family over a period of time the delivery of this type of service to children living in remote areas under conditions of geographical isolation can present considerable difficulty. A survey of 10- and 11-year-old children from the far West of Queensland showed a prevalence rate for psychiatric disorder of 10% among those whose parents were willing to complete a questionnaire and attend the child's school for interview. Although this is lower than rates obtained for children living in towns on the East coast and in metropolitan Brisbane it still represents a sizeable group of children who require psychiatric help in areas where presently none is available. A method of family assessment and treatment for country children evolved by the psychiatric unit of a metropolitan children's hospital, shows the remoteness of home need not preclude the disturbed child from psychiatric expertise, although facilities must be augmented if children from an often forgotten sector of the Australian population are to be covered adequately.

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Book Review: Child Sexual Abuse within the Family – Assessment and Treatment

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ◽

10.1177/014107688808101133 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 81 (11) ◽

pp. 678-679

Author(s):

R Roberts

Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Child Sexual Abuse ◽

Family Assessment ◽

The Family ◽

Assessment And Treatment

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Filled with Spirit and Power: Protestant Clergy in Politics. By Laura R. Olson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. 174p. $57.50 cloth, $18.95 paper.

American Political Science Review ◽

10.1017/s000305540136015x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 95 (4) ◽

pp. 1005-1006

Author(s):

Paul J. Weber

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

African American ◽

Family Values ◽

State University ◽

Protestant Clergy ◽

African American Pastors ◽

The Family ◽

Limited Scope

Laura Olson is one of a small but energetic and influential group of Christian political scientists determined to bring the debate politically legitimate called it either racist or sexist. Yet, somewhat surprisingly, African American pastors held the most consistently conservative views on family values, although they also saw the connections among crime, violence, and the deterioration of the family. Within the authorÕs intentionally limited scope, this is an excellent study, but one should be cautious about generalizing.

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