Overview

Employing a developmental approach to child psychopathology, this expanded edition features chapters on autism, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. Also covered is current research and theoretical findings within the discipline, such as treatment of child psychopathology within different ethnic communities, the implications of new DSM-IV classifications, sexual abuse, eating disorders, childhood depression and new methods of treatment. The text presents a balanced perspective of the topic as a whole, incorporating behavioural, cognitive, psychodynamic and family models.

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Author:   Charles Wenar ,  Patricia Kerig
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.30cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   1.048kg
ISBN:  

9780070696174

ISBN 10:   0070696179
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   16 August 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   0072820195
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. The Developmental Approach2. Normal Development3. The Bridge to the Psychopathologies4. Autism: A Sever Deviation in Infancy5. Infancy through Preschool: Insecure Attachment and Problems of Socialization - Oppositional-Defirant and Enuresis6. The Preschool Period: Deviations in Curiosity and Task Orientation - Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities7. Depression and Suicide8. Middle Childhood: The Anxiety Disorders9. Middle Childhood and Adolescence: Conduct Disorder and the Development of Antisocial Behavior10. Schizophrenia - A Sever Deviation of Middle Childhood and Adolescence11. Psychopathologies of the Adolescent Transition: Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse12. The Developmental Consequences of Mental Retardation13. Risks of Physical Illness and Brain Damage14. Risks In The Family Context: Child Maltreatment and Divorce15. The Risks of Ethnic Minority Children16. Psychological Assessment17. Intervention and Prevention

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