High Risk

by MAGID, KEN

• ISBN13: 9780553346671
• ISBN10: 0553346679
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1989-03-01
• Publisher: Bantam

Summary

The authors explore the reasons why children without a conscience are growing in number. They are at risk of becoming "trust bandits", con-men, liars, dance-away lovers, backstabbers of the business world, and even psychopathic killers.

Author Biography

Dr. Ken Magid is chief of psychological services at Golden Medical Clinic in Golden, Colorado, and also the codirector of the Behavioral Science Department for Family Practice Physicians at the Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. His work has been featured on NBC’s Today show and Hour Magazine, as well as in the New York Daily News, Woman’s Day magazine, and many other publications.
 
Carole A. McKelvey is a journalist who has won numerous awards for her writing and editing. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications nationally and on Hour Magazine.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
I: America --- A Breeding Ground for Psychopaths?
The Trust Bandits	1	(26)
Kids Who Kill	27	(10)
The Victims	37	(14)
II: A Critical Time --- Attachment
What is Attachment	51	(20)
The Bonding Cycle, How It Works	71	(8)
Childhood Symptoms, A Warning of Things to Come	79	(22)
The Cycle Continues	101	(6)
III: The Bonding Breaks
Why Now?	107	(14)
Day Care: Simply a Dilemma or a Disaster?	121	(18)
Parental Leave	139	(8)
Adoption and Foster Care	147	(14)
The Teenage Pregnancy Epidemic	161	(12)
The Cycle of Abuse	173	(10)
Divorce: Disrupted Children, Disrupted Homes	183	(10)
IV: Treatment
The Trouble With Traditional Therapies	193	(8)
The Referral	201	(6)
Defusing the National Time Bomb	207	(8)
Jeremy: An Abbreviated Case History	215	(12)
Modified Holding Techniques	227	(4)
More Therapeutic Options	231	(6)
Hospital Treatment	237	(6)
V: Preventing Children Without A Conscience
Toward Solutions	243	(2)
Positive Parenting Practices	245	(16)
Teachers of Future Parents	261	(8)
The Teenage Baby Boom	269	(8)
National Leave Policy: The Time is Now	277	(4)
What About Day Care	281	(12)
Adoption and Foster Care: Making it Work	293	(8)
Interrupting the Cycle of Abuse	301	(6)
Relationships: How to Avoid a Trust Bandit	307	(12)
Educating the Experts	319	(19)
Poem	338	(1)
Epilogue	339	(1)
Bibliography	340	(11)
Index	351
Photographs & drawings	182a