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Taming the Troublesome Child: American Families, Child Guidance, and the Limits of Psychiatric Authority

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Taming the Troublesome Child: American Families, Child Guidance, and the Limits of Psychiatric Authority - Jones, Kathleen W
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When our children act up - whether they're just moody and rebellious or taking drugs and committing crimes - our solution, so often now, is to send them to a psychiatrist or developmental psychologist for help. What makes us think this will work? how did we come to rely on psychological explanations - and corrections - for juvenile misconduct?

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Taming the Troublesome Child: American Families, Child Guidance, and the Limits of Psychiatric Authority 1999, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

ISBN-13: 9780674868113

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