| Description |
xxii, 545 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology -- Historical Views and Breakthroughs -- What Is Abnormal Behavior in Children and Adolescents? -- Risk and Resilience -- The Significance of Children's Mental Health Problems -- Theories and Causes -- What Caused Jake's Problems? -- The Role of Theory -- Theoretical Foundations -- Biological Perspectives -- Psychological Perspectives -- Family and Social Influences -- Research -- A Scientific Approach -- The Research Process -- Methods of Studying Behavior -- Research Strategies -- Ethical and Pragmatic Issues -- Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment -- Clinical Issues -- Assessing Disorders -- Classification and Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Behavioral Disorders -- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -- Description and History -- Core Characteristics -- Associated Characteristics -- Accompanying Psychological Disorders and Symptoms -- Prevalence and Course -- Theories and Causes -- Treatment -- Conduct Problems -- Description -- Context, Costs, and Perspectives -- DSM-IV-TR: Defining Features -- Associated Characteristics -- Accompanying Disorders and Symptoms -- Prevalence, Gender, and Course -- Causes -- Treatment -- Emotional Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Description -- Separation Anxiety Disorder -- Generalized Anxiety Disorder -- Specific Phobia -- Social Phobia (Social Anxiety) -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Panic -- Posttraumatic and Acute Stress Disorders -- Associated Characteristics -- Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture -- Theories and Causes |
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Treatment -- Mood Disorders -- Depressive Disorders -- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) -- Dysthymic Disorder (DD) -- Associated Characteristics of Depressive Disorders -- Theories of Depression -- Causes of Depression -- Treatment of Depression -- Bipolar Disorder (BP) -- Developmental and Learning Disorders -- Mental Retardation -- Intelligence and Mental Retardation -- Features of Mental Retardation -- Developmental Course and Adult Outcomes -- Causes -- Prevention, Education, and Treatment -- Autism and Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia -- Autism -- Description and History -- DSM-IV-TR: Defining Features -- Core Characteristics of Autism -- Associated Characteristics of Autism -- Prevalence and Course of Autism -- Causes of Autism -- Treatment of Autism -- Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) -- Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia -- DSM-IV-TR: Defining Features -- Related Symptoms and Comorbidities -- Prevalence -- Causes -- Treatment -- Communication and Learning Disorders -- Definitions and History -- Language Development -- Communication Disorders -- Expressive Language Disorder -- Stuttering -- Learning Disorders -- Reading Disorder -- Mathematics Disorder -- Writing Disorder -- Problems Related to Physical and Mental Health -- Health-Related Disorders -- History -- Sleep Disorders -- Elimination Disorders -- Chronic Childhood Illness -- Eating Disorders and Related Conditions -- How Eating Patterns Develop -- Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood -- Obesity |
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Eating Disorders of Adolescence -- Child Abuse and Neglect -- Types of Abuse -- Prevalence and Context -- Developmental Course and Psychopathology -- Causes -- Prevention and Treatment |
| Notes |
International student edition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-511) and indexes |
| Subject |
Child psychopathology.
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Child psychiatry.
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Psychology, Pathological.
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Child Psychiatry.
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Child psychopathology
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Psychology, Pathological
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| Author |
Wolfe, David A. (David Allen), 1951-
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| LC no. |
2004107966 |
| ISBN |
0534554350 paperback |
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