Appalachian themes -- The Manchuster Project -- Power of the family -- In the Clinic: dependency themes -- In the Clinic: psychosexual themes -- In the Clinic: communication patters -- Family portrait -- Some findings and comparisions -- Some development conclusions -- New health programs -- New community programs -- The region and its people -- Operation of the field clinics -- Mental health of the very poor
Summary
This thoughtful, compassionate book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Southern Appalachian child -- his mental disorders and his adaptive strengths. Drawing upon his extensive fieldwork as a clinical child psychiatrist in Eastern Kentucky, Dr. Looff suggests means by which these children can be helped to bridge the gap between their subculture and the mainstream of American life today. The children described in this book, the author points out, are in a real sense not ""all children."" Since no child grows up in a vacuum, the children of Eastern Kentucky cannot be understoo
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