The Impact of Mandated Reporting on the Therapeutic Process

The introduction of mandated reporting laws of suspected child maltreatment in the United States was intended to solve a problem - it has however also created new ones. What began as an effort to ensure that physicians were reporting physical abuse of children has expanded: psychotherapists counsellors social workers psychologists psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners are now included as mandated reporters. In addition the scope of child maltreatment has broadened to include physical neglect emotional maltreatment and sexual abuse.</p><p></p><p>The authors of this book discuss the profound effects - both positive and negative - that these changes have had on child protection services. In particular they examine th