Twenty-four academics and practitioners from the US and the UK provide a conceptual framework for thinking about children and families as integral, and present clinical approaches to working with children in families. Twenty-one chapters are organized into sections covering family-systems views on the building blocks of child mental health, assessment, development, and treatment; varieties of family shapes; challenges presented by some family members; larger systems and families; and social-systemic issues. Fully revised and updated, the text includes updates of work from the first edition and works by new authors, including two new chapters on children with disrupted primary relationships--one on foster families, another on disrupted attachment. For students and practitioners in family therapy, clinical social work, clinical child psychology, child psychiatry, and related disciplines. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)