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A direct, informed approach involving all family members An invaluable guide for enhancing your skills when working with families in which child abuse has occurred. Systemic Treatment of Families Who Abuse addresses both the symptoms and precipitating issues of child abuse and neglect, and also offers new ideas for effective treatment identifies the conditions that are often present when child abuse occurs outlines the protective factors that can counteract a person's tAndency toward child abuse The author discusses how the treatment of child abuse differs from generic treatment, and stresses the necessity for systemic interventions for everyone: abusers, abused, and nonabused family members.