Developmental psychopathology : from infancy through adolescence / Charles Wenar and Patricia Kerig.
By: Wenar, Charles
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Contributor(s): Kerig, Patricia.
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BookPublisher: Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, 1999Edition: 4th ed.Description: xiv, 490 p. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0070696179 .Subject(s): Child psychopathology | Adolescent psychopathologyDDC classification: 618.9289
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 618.9289 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070886 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Employing a developmental approach to child psychopathology, this expanded edition features chapters on autism, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. Also covered is current research and theoretical findings within the discipline, such as treatment of child psychopathology within different ethnic communities, the implications of new DSM-IV classifications, sexual abuse, eating disorders, childhood depression and new methods of treatment. The text presents a balanced perspective of the topic as a whole, incorporating behavioural, cognitive, psychodynamic and family models.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 The Developmental Approach
- 2 Normal Development
- 3 The Bridge to the Psychopathologies
- 4 Autism: A Sever Deviation in Infancy
- 5 Infancy through Preschool: Insecure Attachment and Problems of Socialization - Oppositional-Defirant and Enuresis
- 6 The Preschool Period: Deviations in Curiosity and Task Orientation - Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities
- 7 Depression and Suicide
- 8 Middle Childhood: The Anxiety Disorders
- 9 Middle Childhood and Adolescence: Conduct Disorder and the Development of Antisocial Behavior
- 10 Schizophrenia - A Sever Deviation of Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- 11 Psychopathologies of the Adolescent Transition: Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse
- 12 The Developmental Consequences of Mental Retardation
- 13 Risks of Physical Illness and Brain Damage
- 14 Risks In The Family Context: Child Maltreatment and Divorce
- 15 The Risks of Ethnic Minority Children
- 16 Psychological Assessment
- 17 Intervention and Prevention