Developmental psychiatry / edited by Michael Rutter. - Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, 1987 - ix, 386 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + pbk.

Previously published as: Scientific foundations of developmental psychiatry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I: Influences on development -- Introduction / Michael Rutter -- Genetics and mental development / James Shields -- Maturation of the central nervous system / Ebel J. Ebels -- Congenital anomalies, appearance and body build / Judith L. Rapaport -- Family influences / R. A. Hinde -- School influences / Janet Ouston, Barbara Maughan and Peter Mortimore -- Cultural and community influences / David Quinton -- Psychological sex differences / Eleanor E. Maccoby and Carol Nagy Jacklin -- Individual differences in temperament / Judith Dunn -- Learning / Harold W. Stevenson -- Section II: Body functioning -- Feeding and sleeping / Judith Dunn -- The development of bladder control / David Shaffer -- Motor development and motor disability / Kevin Connolly -- Laterality / B. C. L. Touwen -- Autonomic reactivity / Peter H. Venables -- Section III: Cognition -- Perception / Richard D. Walk -- Development of attention / Eric Taylor -- Language / Patricia Howlin -- Reading and spelling skills / Uta Frith -- Cognitive development / D. J. Wood -- Intelligence / Nicola Madge and Jack Tizard -- Section IV: Social and emotional development -- Attachment and the development of social relationships / Michael Rutter -- Peer relations and family relations: two social worlds / Willard W. Hartup -- Play / D. B. Rosenblatt -- Emotional development / Michael Rutter -- Psychosexual development / Michael Rutter -- Moral development / Philip Graham -- The development of aggression / David Shaffer, Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg and Cornelius L. J. Stokman -- Section V: Theories and approaches -- Future trends and problems / Martin C. O. Bax.

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Psychology, Pathological.
Developmental psychology
Child development

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