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This book is about 'the identification, treatment and prevention not only of the serious problems of physically battered children but also the less-noticed deprivation of emotionally battered children'. In his Introduction and in Chapter One the editor states: '… the primary objective of this volume is to bring to the attention of the public the knowledge that many different types of childhood deprivation exist… The primary focus of this book is to review the available studies of the impact on both infants and children of extreme social isolation and emotional neglect… It is this author's earnest anticipation that the issues and ideas integrated in this volume will stimulate further research.'
It is too much to expect that in a dozen disparate chapters by as many different authors, this brief volume could educate the public, review the literature, and stimulate research. The layman will find some chapters too condensed and technical, and the professional will find others too superficial and anecdotal. But the book does contain some worth-while contributions. For instance, The Abused Child by E. Lord and D. Weisfeld, is an informative account of the history and present state of affairs regarding the battered child, and Separation and Object Loss: The Plight of the Foster Child by C. Walker includes a good review of selected analytic literature on this subject.
This reviewer found Chapter Nine, Effects of Deprivation on Speech and Language Development by W. Neal to be the most rewarding,