G A Rickarby
Biographic Data
| ID | 5557441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G A Rickarby |
| GIVEN NAMES | G A |
| FAMILY NAME | Rickarby |
| SIGNATURE | RICKARBY G A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Stressed Child
This article is addressed to issues that cause stress in children, but are not outward and obvious such as illness or lack of food and shelter.From the point of view of a child psychiatrist, separation from important members of the family (or threat of separation) is one of the major stresses of childhood, particularly in the child under three years of age. Unfortunately, cultural influences from Anglo-Saxon sources have been one of the main sour…
Adoptive Families in Distress
In this study, features of 22 adoptive families were examined in the light of some possible explanations of the reported over‐representation of adoptive families among child psychiatry referrals. Themes which emerged included problems with bonding, motivations for adoption and psychiatric illness of parents. Implications for adoption workers are discussed. 1
Compensation‐neurosis and the psycho‐social requirements of the family
This paper discusses the application of basic theories of family functioning to understanding the syndrome consisting of abnormal‐illness behaviour centred around a recompensable illness or injury. It sets out the socio‐cultural matrix out of which it arises and postulates that compensation‐neurosis may be viewed as a homeostatic response of the family system when major psycho‐social requirements are not being met and the family is under stress o…
Family Psychiatry and the Selection of Adoptive Parents
This paper is to set out guidelines about families who may or may not be suitable to adopt children, as seen from the point of view of a child and family psychiatrist whose service is required to assess and intervene with adoptive families in various degrees of distress, malfunction, disruption and disintegration. These guidelines are at the level of those family functions which provide an environment conducive to mental and physical health and a…
Compensation‐neurosis and the psycho‐social requirements of the family
This paper discusses the application of basic theories of family functioning to understanding the syndrome consisting of abnormal‐illness behaviour centred around a recompensable illness or injury. It sets out the socio‐cultural matrix out of which it arises and postulates that compensation‐neurosis may be viewed as a homeostatic response of the family system when major psycho‐social requirements are not being met and the family is under stress o…
Family Psychiatry and the Selection of Adoptive Parents
This paper is to set out guidelines about families who may or may not be suitable to adopt children, as seen from the point of view of a child and family psychiatrist whose service is required to assess and intervene with adoptive families in various degrees of distress, malfunction, disruption and disintegration. These guidelines are at the level of those family functions which provide an environment conducive to mental and physical health and a…
Adoptive Families in Distress
In this study, features of 22 adoptive families were examined in the light of some possible explanations of the reported over‐representation of adoptive families among child psychiatry referrals. Themes which emerged included problems with bonding, motivations for adoption and psychiatric illness of parents. Implications for adoption workers are discussed. 1
Family Psychiatry and the Selection of Adoptive Parents
This paper is to set out guidelines about families who may or may not be suitable to adopt children, as seen from the point of view of a child and family psychiatrist whose service is required to assess and intervene with adoptive families in various degrees of distress, malfunction, disruption and disintegration. These guidelines are at the level of those family functions which provide an environment conducive to mental and physical health and a…
Compensation‐neurosis and the psycho‐social requirements of the family
This paper discusses the application of basic theories of family functioning to understanding the syndrome consisting of abnormal‐illness behaviour centred around a recompensable illness or injury. It sets out the socio‐cultural matrix out of which it arises and postulates that compensation‐neurosis may be viewed as a homeostatic response of the family system when major psycho‐social requirements are not being met and the family is under stress o…
Adoptive Families in Distress
In this study, features of 22 adoptive families were examined in the light of some possible explanations of the reported over‐representation of adoptive families among child psychiatry referrals. Themes which emerged included problems with bonding, motivations for adoption and psychiatric illness of parents. Implications for adoption workers are discussed. 1
The Stressed Child
This article is addressed to issues that cause stress in children, but are not outward and obvious such as illness or lack of food and shelter.From the point of view of a child psychiatrist, separation from important members of the family (or threat of separation) is one of the major stresses of childhood, particularly in the child under three years of age. Unfortunately, cultural influences from Anglo-Saxon sources have been one of the main sour…
Psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Distress (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works) · Political science (2 works)