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Published Online: 1990, pp. 1–156

Towards Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Abuse

Myra Leifer, Ph.D., and Sheila Smith, Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 44, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.1.116

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A quantitative single case study of an adolescent mother with a history of being abused as a child is presented to illustrate the diagnostic and treatment issues that occur in the course of an intervention designed to break the cycle of intergenerational abuse.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 44 • Number 1 • 1990, pp. 1–156

Pages: 116 - 128

PubMed: 2327514

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Published in print: 1990, pp. 1–156

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Myra Leifer, Ph.D.^†

Chicago, IL

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Sheila Smith, Ph.D.^‡

New York, NY

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Notes

Research supported by Grant #MH 36880 from the National Institute of Mental Health, Prevention Research Branch.

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Senior Clinical Psychologist, La Rabida Children’s Hospital and Research Center, East 65th Street at Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL 60649.

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Program Associate, Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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