title: A critique of outcome evaluation in child abuse treatment.
abstract: Controlled studies that examine the effectiveness of intervention with child abusing families are a rarity in the literature. Yet child welfare workers sorely need empirically based methods to treat these parents. The author analyzes 16 studies of child abuse treatment in terms of methods and findings, and suggests how future studies may be made more useful for practitioners.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010287:Parent-Child Relations