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Reconstituted families: The second marriage and its children

  • Pediatric and Family Psychiatry
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The frequency of second marriages involving children is very high. There are inevitable and special stresses in the integration of such a family system. Mistrust, fear of failure, and sense of vulnerability are almost always present. The therapist needs to expect and help deal with certain recurrent issues characteristic of the problems encountered in treating a reconstituted family.

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  1. Outpatient Department of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, 11203, Brooklyn, N. Y.

    Harris S. Goldstein M.D., D.Med.Sc. (Director)

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  1. Harris S. Goldstein M.D., D.Med.Sc.
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He is also Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry.

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Goldstein, H.S. Reconstituted families: The second marriage and its children. Psych Quar 48, 433–440 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01562165

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