ABOUT THE EDITIORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEGEMENTS AND PERMISSIONS Series editor foreword INTRODUCTION [Frances Thomson-Salo] PART I Mainly clinical 1. A comprehensive approach to child abuse [Jordi Sala] 2. Discussion of Jordi Sala's paper [Irma Brenman Pick] 3. Child abuse as confusion of tongues [Luis Jorge Martin Cabré] 4. Todd [Mali A. Mann] 5. The abused child - a sad, never ending story: Some observations on abused children in the current refugee crisis [Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber] 6. The making of an abuser [John Woods] 7.

The lost child [Laura Tognoli] 8. When something that should happen does not: the unwelcome child and his psychic vicissitudes [Massimo Vigna Taglianti] 9. May your steel be as sharp as your final no! [Gemma Zontini] PART II 10. Protecting the care systems to prevent burnout 10.1 All in the same boat: The activity of the Abuse and Ill-treatment Group: Thinking about unequal power in human relations. Personal motives in taking part in the Abuse and Ill-treatment Group of the Genoese Psychoanalytical Centre, Italian Psychoanalytical Society [Maria Pia Conti and Stefano Bomarsi] 10.2 Abused children - reflections on the model [Renata Rizzitelli and Carola del Favora] 10.3 "I am naked, not just barehanded! [Maria Naccari Carlizzi] 10.

4 Abused children, caregivers, psychoanalysts. voices from the groups: Reflections on the model and its use [Anna Maria Risso] 10.5 What happens to pain: the evolution of the request [Elise Alice Pellerano and Ivana Pozzoli] 10.6 The group is frightened and frightening [Chiara Napoli and Anna Maria Risso] PART III Legal aspects 11. Protecting the child and assessing the evidence: The task and role of the judiciary in child abuse [Cristina Maggia].