Developmental Psychopathology, Volume 1, Theory and Methods,

by Editor: Dante Cicchetti; Editor: Donald J. Cohen

• ISBN13: 9780471532439
• ISBN10: 0471532436
• Format: Hardcover
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The first of two complementary volumes on developmental psychopathology, a new perspective on mental illness that ties mental disorder to normal development. Developmental psychopathology is sufficiently different from older views of mental dysfunction as to be growing as a separate subdiscipline of psychology/psychiatry. This volume covers the history, theory and methods of this new approach, including the contributions of several standard theoretical viewpoints (psychoanalytic, system, theory, organizational, information processing, cross-cultural, etc.); examines the relationship between developmental psychopathology and genetics, neuropsychology, epidemiology, and ethology; and looks at the implications for psychometric theory.

Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

Developmental Issues in Assessment, Taxonomy, and Diagnosis of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (T. Achenbach).

Fundamentals of Molecular Neurobiology (R. Ciaranello, et al.).

A Neurodevelopmental Approach to the Understanding of Schizophrenia and Other Mental Disorders (F. Benes).

Nature, Nurture, and the Development of Psychopathology (R. Rende & R. Plomin).

Causal Modeling: A Structural Approach to Developmental Psychopathology (J. Morton & U. Frith).

Cognitive Processing, Academic Achievement, and Psychosocial Functioning: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective (B. Rourke & D. Fuerst).

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Developmental Psychopathology (P. Fonagy, et al.).

Contribution of Attachment Theory to Developmental Psychopathology (E. Carlson & L. Sroufe).

General Systems Theories and Developmental Psychopathology (A. Sameroff).

Indexes.