Precursors and Causes in Development and Psychopathology. Edited by Dale F. Hay and Adrian Angold. Chichester: Wiley. 1993. 320 pp. £34.95.

Abstract

The final section discusses recommendations for treatment, focusing on cognitive/behavioural, physical, educational and self-help methods. There was no ref erence to any psychodynamic perspective on trauma and child sexual abuse, and little exploration of the difficulties in the treatment of incest survivors. This project represents an important attempt to understand the meaning of incest and child abuse, and describes some of the complexity of its sequelae. However, the methodology is limited and lacks completeness.