The Invulnerable Child

By Anthony Cohler

Book Overview

This groundbreaking volume thoroughly explores the intriguing and sometimes baffling phenomenon of positive adaptation to stress by children who live under conditions of extreme vulnerability. Examining the determinants of risk, the development of competence in the midst of hardship, and the nature of stress-resilience, THE INVULNERABLE CHILD will be of profound interests to psychiatrists, developmental and clinical psychologists, social workers, nurses, educators and social scientists, and all those involved in the psychosocial well being of children.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898622271
• ISBN13: 9780898622270
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Illuminating, even for a non-professional

Another positve reviewer said that this book lacks poetry and that is certainly true. This collection of case studies and essays may be written for the clinical professional but I think it has much to recommend to anyone interested in adult survivors of abuse.The layperson can skip the super-clinical articles and devour the rest for a glimpse into why some children and adults are more invulnerable than others to abuse and tragedy whose wounds are often a crippling or mortal blow. It was a remendously validating experience to read these stories of why and how others have done more than survive devastating abuse and tragedy.

decent collection

This book lacks poetry but is filled with important information.