Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

by Theodore P. Beauchaine (University of Washington, Seattle, WA ); Stephen P. Hinshaw (University of California, Berkeley, Editors )

• ISBN13: 9780470260821
• ISBN10: 0470260823
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Child and Adolescent Psychopathology provides a unique opportunity to expose students to a cutting-edge approach to childhood and adolescent disorders by addressing and integrating the most current research on the genetic, neurobiological, and environmental factors that contribute to them. The text also emphasizes how, when, and why disorders emerge among young people and in what ways symptom profiles change at different stages of development.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Foreword

The Developmental Psychopathology Approach To Understanding Behavior

Introduction: Developmental Psychopathology as a Scientific Discipline: Relevance to Behavioral and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

A Multiple-Levels-of-Analysis Perspective on Research in Development and Psychopathology

Genetic, Psychobiological, & Environmental Influences

Risk Factors for Psychopathology

Child Maltreatment: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective on the Role of Abuse and Neglect in Psychopathology

Impulsivity and Vulnerability to Psychopathology

Behavioral Inhibition as a Risk Factor for Psychopathology

Exposure to Teratogenic Agents

Brain Injury as a Risk Factor for Psychopathology

Affective Style

Emotion Dysregulation as a Risk Factor for Psychopathology

Externalizing Behavior Disorders

Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder

Antisocial Personality Development

Alcohol and Drug Abuse/ Dependence

Internalizing Behavior Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Depressive Disorders

Borderline Personality Development and Self-Injurious Behavior

Other Psychological Disorders

Bipolar Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Developmental Perspective

Childhood Schizophrenia

Eating Disorders

Indexes

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