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Suffer the children, the case against labeling and medicating and an effective alternative, Marilyn Wedge

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Suffer the children, the case against labeling and medicating and an effective alternative, Marilyn Wedge
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Suffer the children
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Marilyn Wedge
Sub title
the case against labeling and medicating and an effective alternative
Summary
A family therapist presents an alternative to giving children psychotropic medications for a variety of mental disorders and discusses creative strategies for viewing "disorders" as responses to relationships that can be altered with the help of a therapist
Table Of Contents
Beyond psychiatric labels : what stories tell us -- A new frame : strategic child-focused family therapy -- Listening to children -- Metaphor -- Invisible alliances -- Reading by not reading : the power of paradox -- Medication : the promise and the peril -- Threshold kids : a passage in search of a rite -- From biology to benevolence
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