Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

First session: The impact of psychoanalytical practice on the family justice system, Lord Justice Thorpe

Some aspects of theories of the mind - a psychodynamic perspective: how might they help a judge? Dr Brian Jacobs

first plenary session - discussion. Second session: Child abuse, Dr Judith Trowell

Issues arising from the involvement of and expert evidence given by psychiatrists and psychologists in proceedings involving children, Mr Justice Wall

second plenary session - discussion

Response to Mr Justice Wall's paper, Dr Anne Zachary. Third Session: Assessment of parenting, Dr Roger Kennedy

third plenary session - discussion. Fourth session: Child psychotherapy - what is it? who does it? how can it be useful? Trudy Klauber

Assessment of risk, Donald Campbell

fourth plenary session - discussion. Fifth session: Childhood and social order, Dr Clifford Yorke

fifth plenary session - discussion. Sixth session: Children who sexually abuse other children, Dr Jill Hodge et al

conference review by the Rt Hon. Lady Justice Buttler-Sloss. Additional paper: Bad parenting and pseudo parenting, Dr Patrick Gallwey. Appendices: conference programmes

list of participants

a social services view of the Darlington conference, Brian Waller

members of the president's interdisciplinary committee.

A collection of essays drawn largely from the papers of the conference held at Dartington Hall in 1995. The conference sought to assess the role, impact and importance of child psychology and psychoanalysis on the outcome of child protection cases.