Comprehensive Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology , Child Psychopathology

by Ammerman, Robert T.

• ISBN13: 9780471488392
• ISBN10: 0471488399
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-11
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Child Psychopathology presents an overview of the classification and diagnosis; genetic, sociological, and neuropsychiatric influences; and research and behavioral considerations of psychopathology in infants and children. This state-of-the-art volume also includes the latest research on the major childhood disorders and discusses the three most popular treatment approaches.

Author Biography

Michel Hersen, Ph.D., editor-in-chief, is Professor and Dean of the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR.

Jay C. Thomas, Ph.D., editor-in-chief, is Associate Professor and Director of the Counseling Psychology program in the School of Professional Pscyhology at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR.

Robert T. Ammerman, Ph.D., volume 3 editor, is Research Director of Every Child Succeeds and Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Psychology at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, OH.

Table of Contents

VOLUME 3.

Handbook Preface.

Preface to Volume 3.

Contributors.

PART I: GENERAL ISSUES.

1. Diagnosis and Classification (L. Faul & A. Gross).

2. Genetic Contributions (D. Dick & R. Todd).

3. Neuropsychiatric Contributions (R. Brumback & C. Coffey).

4. Cognitive and Behavioral Contributions (B. Donohue, et al.).

5. Sociological Contributions (T. Wade & J. Cairney).

6. Temperament in Early Development (S. Calkins & K. Degnam).

7. Infant Mental Health (M. Gleason & C. Zeanah).

8. Development Psychopathology (G. Kuperminc & K. Brookmeyer).

PART II: MAJOR DISORDERS AND PROBLEMS.

9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (J. Robin, et al.).

10. Social Anxiety Disorder (R. Ammerman & K. McGraw).

11. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (M. Runyon, et al.).

12. Major Depression (J. Garber & J. Smith).

13. Bipolar Disorder (R. Kowatch).

14. Mental Retardation (J. Bebko & J. Weiss).

15. Pervasive Development Disorders (B. Siegel & M. Ficcaglia).

16. Learning Disorders (J. Loomis).

17. Oppositional Defiant Disorder (R. Greene & J. Ablon).

18. Conduct Disorder (P. Frick & E. Kimonis).

19. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (J. Stevens & J. Ward-Estes).

20. Eating Disorders (E. Stice, et al.).

21. Substance Use Disorders (E. Wagner & A. Austin).

22. Child Physical Abuse and Neglect (D. DiLillo, et al.).

23. Child Sexual Abuse (A. Mannarino & J. Cohen).

24. Somatization Disorders (B. Bursch & J. Thomas).

PART III: TREATMENT APPROACHES.

25. Psychodynamic Treatments (S. Russ).

26. Cognitive Behavioral Treatments (J. Durlak).

27 Pharmacological Treatments (S. Pathak).

Author Index.

Subject Index.