Description
In this ambitious and wide ranging work, Hosin brings together a number of contributors who describe and review some key applied areas relevant to child development. These contributors include not only academics but also workers in the field, who have to deal with children and families in their professional practice. In particular the authors have taken an applied focus and develop their themes in a way that links practical issues with developmental psychological theory. The topics considered range widely, including child rearing practices, children and violence, the development of fear, drugs, and mental health. In all of these the authors are careful to emphasize the complexities of the problems they are tackling. In particular, the important message that there is no simple cause and effect relationships in the way children react to traumatic circumstances that they sometimes find themselves in. . . . An unusual aspect of the book is that a number of the contributors take a cross-cultural perspective on their themes. This book will be welcomed by a wide range of readers: not only students and researchers in psychology and psychiatry, but also people who work with children, and those who have an interest I childrens welfare. Dr. J. MacDonald
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