Product Description: Maps the emergence of a powerful psycho-social idea out of its historical and social circumstances, as the concept of injury or trauma has moved, over the twentieth century, from the description of a physical, visible lesion to a more abstract, psychic harm often thought of as an 'invisible wound'...read more

Offers help to emotionally abused people and their abusers by covering all aspects of psychological abuse, including how to identify warning signs, establish firm boundaries, and cope with the anger and insecurities that promote abusive behavior. (view table of contents)

A business handbook on preventing and curing a negative work environment explains how to restore civility to the workplace by weeding out problem employees in order to increase profit and productivity.

Product Description: In this work, the authors present current research in the study of the triggers, short and long-term consequences and prevention methods of physical and emotional abuse. The topics discussed include violence issues of women's rights and public health recommendations for action in South Africa; parent-child interaction therapy with children traumatized by physical abuse and neglect; the impact of peritraumatic dissociation on mental health outcomes of women with childhood and adult physical abuse histories; and childhood abuse and adult homelessness...read more