Child Psychopathology

by Haugaard, Jeffery J.

• ISBN13: 9780073405506
• ISBN10: 0073405507
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-12
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

All students who will one day work with children or their families can gain a basic foundation for understanding child psychopathology from this text. Students who seek careers in the mental health, physical health, or social work fields will find extensive information on childhood disorders, their prevention, and their treatment. All will gain an appreciation for the many facets of this growing field, and of the need to base interventions on research and on a humane attitude toward each child and family.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Research Methods and Ethical Issues	p. 19
Bask Psychological Theories	p. 64
Quantitative Behavioral Genetics	p. 102
Classification, Diagnosis, and Assessment	p. 122
Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder	p. 151
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	p. 206
Bipolar Disorder	p. 257
Depressive Disorders	p. 288
Anxiety Disorders	p. 344
Mental Retardation	p. 396
Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders	p. 453
Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia	p. 508
Disorders Associated with Trauma or Maltreatment	p. 544
Disorders Related to Physical Health and Functioning	p. 616
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