Assessment of Childhood Disorders, Third Edition

by Mash, Eric J.; Terdal, Leif G.

• ISBN13: 9781572305878
• ISBN10: 1572305878
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-07
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This volume describes cutting-edge methods and strategies for assessin g a comprehensive array of childhood disorders, child health risks, an d adolescent problems. Contributors highlight the ongoing interplay am ong behaviors, cognitions, and affects as they unfold within the young person's social network. Each chapter presents a conceptual framework for understanding the problem at hand, discusses assessment procedure s that can be used to inform clinical interventions, and reviews the a vailable empirical data. A major emphasis is placed on the family and the broader social environment, both as a context for understanding th e child's strengths and weaknesses and as a focus for assessment and i ntervention. Also addressed are such contemporary themes as the need f or developmental and cultural sensitivity in assessment, combining cat egorial diagnosis with dimensional classification, assessment as a dec ision-making process, and prevention-oriented assessments.

Table of Contents

Part I. INTRODUCTION
Assessment of Child and Family Disturbance: A Behavioral-Systems Approach	3	(68)
Eric J. Mash
Leif G. Terdal
Part II. BEHAVIOR DISORDERS
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	71	(59)
Russell A. Barkley
Conduct Problems	130	(67)
Robert J. McMahon
Annette M. Estes
Part III. EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DISORDERS
Depression in Children and Adolescents	197	(33)
Bruce E. Compas
Fears and Anxieties	230	(98)
Billy A. Barrios
Donald P. Hartmann
Social Relationship Deficits	328	(41)
Karen L. Bierman
Janet A. Welsh
Part IV. DEVELOPMENTAL AND HEALTH-RELATED DISORDERS
Mental Retardation	369	(39)
Benjamin L. Handen
Autistic Disorder	408	(45)
Crighton Newsom
Christine A. Hovanitz
Children with Brain Injury	453	(28)
Jack M. Fletcher
H. Gerry Taylor
Health-Related Disorders	481	(42)
Suzanne Bennett Johnson
James R. Rodrigue
Part V. CHILDREN AT RISK
Child Physical Abuse and Neglect	523	(46)
David A. Wolfe
Andrea McEachran
Child Sexual Abuse	569	(58)
Vicky Veitch Wolfe
Jo-Ann Birt
Part VI. PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENCE
Family Conflict and Communication in Adolescence	627	(56)
Sharon L. Foster
Arthur L. Robin
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa	683	(34)
John P. Foreyt
Carmen Mikhail
Adolescent Substance Use Problems	717	(32)
Peter W. Vik
Sandra A. Brown
Mark G. Myers
Author Index	749	(32)
Subject Index	781