Helping troubled children

by Michael Rutter

This book "provides a timely account of the theory and principles that form the basis for successful understanding and treatment of common emotional and behavioral problems in childhood."

Genres: Psychology

376 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 1986

About the author

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Professor Sir Michael Rutter is the first consultant of child psychiatry in the United Kingdom. He has been described as the "father of child psychology". Currently he is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, a post he has held since 1966.

Reviews

[Simone]

An enlightening book that gives balanced, researched and well-documented explanations of why disturbed children behave as they do and how they can be helped. No expensive, stupid programmes but common sense and practical advice with a theoretical underpinning. Brilliant.