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Book Review: The Psychology of Child Firesetting: Detection and Intervention

chapter, by Eloise Rathbone-McCuan, Sandra M. Schiff, and Joseph Resch, discusses alcoholism in the elderly and describes the result of a specific treatment program. This worthwhile subject would benefit from further examination. Family care and family relationships are explored from differing perspectives in Chapters 27 and 28, by Sheldon Tobin and John Poertner, respectively. As the authors note, many elderly persons either live with family members or receive a great deal of care from them. This dependency places strains upon family relationships that often can be made more stable and satisfying by professional intervention and respite care. Some family relationships, however, involve abuse and neglect of the elderly. Both chapters address very real and pervasive problems that deserve considerably more attention in social work education. Clearly, our society needs to expand the concept of the American family from the nuclear to the extended with dependents. A strength of this book is the breadth of the topics presented. It is a worthwhile tool for an interdisciplinary educational program that trains persons who expect to work with the elderly. The references at the end of the chapters offer an excellent compilation of articles, studies, and books on the elderly. However. the lack of rigorous examination of many of the topics presented is a limitation of this book. Although depth has often been sacrificed for breadth, most of the chapters do highlight the salient topics as well as the need for further study. Readers who are well versed in applied gerontology may use this book as a point of departure for further study. In addition, this book is an interesting and worthwhile collection of readings for the person entering the field of gerontology. It also may serve as a quick reference for persons who work with the elderly. As the title correctly notes, it is a handbook rather than an all-inclusive information source.