Family Problems and Family Violence: Reliable Assessment and the ICD-11

by Steven R.H. Beach (Editor), Richard E. Heyman (Editor), Amy Smith Slep (Editor)

This text, the only book of its kind, describes recent innovations in defining and assessing family problems and family violence. It provides a framework for improving global assessment of relational processes as addressed in the ICD-11. The book includes a complete set of practical clinical and public health tools--easily implemented across a wide range of settings--for defining, screening, and assessing family violence in accordance with these new definitions. It r.eviews the impact of family violence on all aspects of physical and mental health and economic wellbeing, including global considerations of cross-cultural relationship assessment, and provides recommendations for modifications and cross-cultural validation.

306 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2012