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LOUIS KRAUS, MD, is Chair and the Woman's Board Professor of the Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center. He has extensive experience in the interface of psychiatry and the law including consulting with the Department of Justice and significant work with youth advocacy.
JEANNE GALATZER-LEVY, MS, is a medical writer and editor. She is an Associate Director in the Office of Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Preface | p. vii |
Preface to the Second Edition | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
References | p. xxiv |
Contributors | p. xxvii |
From Empirical Findings to Custody Evaluations | p. 1 |
Legal and Ethical Issues in Child Custody Evaluations | p. 49 |
Observations of Parents, Caretakers, and Children for Child Custody Assessment | p. 71 |
Use of Psychological Tests in Child Custody Evaluations | p. 85 |
An Updated Review of the Effects of System and Estimator Variables on Child Witness Accuracy in Custody Cases | p. 125 |
The Importance of Attachment in Custody Evaluations: Toward the Best Interest of the Child | p. 165 |
Improving the Quality of Parent-Child Contact in Separating Families with Infants and Young Children: Empirical Research Foundations | p. 187 |
Divorce, Custody, and Visitation in Middle Childhood | p. 215 |
Custody Evaluations of Adolescents | p. 241 |
Adopted Children and Custody Arrangements | p. 253 |
Medically Ill Children and Adolescents | p. 263 |
Parental Sexual Orientation, Social Science Research, and Child Custody Decisions | p. 285 |
Child Custody Evaluations of Parents with Major Psychiatric Disorders | p. 307 |
Child Adjustment and High-Conflict Divorce | p. 353 |
Evaluating Child Sexual Abuse Allegations | p. 375 |
Rejection in Cases of Abuse or Alienation in Divorcing Families | p. 403 |
Joint Custody: A Judicious Choice for Families-But How, When, and Why? | p. 417 |
Conclusions and Prospects | p. 463 |
Author Index | p. 469 |
Subject Index | p. 487 |
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