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The Common Secret: Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents

J. Bock

Published 1985 in The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

ABSTRACT

Tourette syndrome. A short summary of each disease/syndrome is followed by a description of the neurochemistry and therapeutic neuropharmacology of each. This type of chapter is difficult to write (or read enjoyably) because of the disjointed nature of the subjects. In general, it provides a helpful overview of the use of centrally acting agents in a variety of disease states. "Drugs of Ethno Origin" is the final chapter in this volume. It is simply a catalogue, with chemical structures, of the wide range of psychoactive plants and plant derivatives , an excellent reference for non-traditional psychoactive compounds. The chapter suffers from a non-continuous text because of its catalogue-like style, yet the wide variety of compounds discussed (betel to niando to kratom to kava) make this a valuable aid to any clinician or researcher with interests in drug abuse, sociology, or ethnopharmacology. As a whole, this is a very good volume with well-referenced, current, and focused chapters. While it is apparent that the authors of different chapters had different readership in mind, the overall high quality of at least three of these chapters makes this book worthwhile for medical libraries or individuals with specific research or clinical interests in analgesia, antidepressants, or drug abuse. Accounts of child abuse often fail to address available referral services for laypeople, clergy, health professionals, and educators. Others focus exclusively on the powerful emotional qualities of such cases and effectively blur the boundaries between light-shedding intentions and sensationalism. Kempe and Kempe avoid both tendencies in The Common Secret: Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents. With scientific eye and sensitive hand, the authors permit the photographic nature of their descriptions to give vivid portrayals of the abused and their assailants without exploiting "the last taboo." Their selected cases define many forms of child abuse and deliberately serve as universal examples for understanding the present reported and unreported cases of abused children in the United States. This remarkable book also details legal aspects, emergency care, child evaluation, long-term treatment strategies, and prevention of child abuse. The reader closes The Common Secret with a satisfying understanding of the previously "unspoken problem" in specific detail and sociological scope. The authors acknowledge those desiring additional information and, accordingly, supplement the primary text with resources ranging from excellent reading lists and forms for case evaluation to an index of treatment services and a model of the Incest Diversion Program. This authoritative book …

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    1985

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