Child Psychopathology: From Infancy to Adolescence

✍ Scribed by Barry H. Schneider

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 670
• Edition: Illustrated
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This textbook covers the classification, causes, treatment and prevention of psychological disorders in the infant through the adolescent years. Chapters balance the social and historical context of psychopathology with the physiological roots of abnormal behavior, leading students to a comprehensive understanding of child psychopathology. The book is totally up-to-date, including coverage of the DSM-5 and criticisms of it. In four parts, this textbook describes the empirical bases of child psychopathology as well as the practice of child psychologists, outlining the classification and causes of disorders in addition to methods of assessment, intervention and treatment. Students will be able to evaluate the treatments used by professionals and debunk popular myths about atypical behavior and its treatment. Complementing the lively writing style, text boxes, clinical case studies and numerous examples from international cultures and countries add context to chapter material. Study questions, diagrams and a glossary offer further learning support.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Tables
Boxes
Preface
Part I Basic concepts and processes
1 Normality and abnormality in the context of human development: basic definitions
2 History: from ancient wisdom to the behavioral and cognitive revolutions
3 Classification of children’s psychological problems: pseudoscience or fundamental part of the helping process?
4 Genetics and psychopathology
5 The physiological underpinnings of child psychopathology
6 Family influences, family consequences and family interventions
7 The helpful and harmful influences of peers, friends and siblings
8 Cultural dimensions of child psychopathology
9 Psychological assessment as part of the caring process
10 Prevention and mental health promotion
11 Psychological interventions with children and adolescents
Part II High-incidence disorders
12 Disruptive, impulse control and conduct disorders
13 Depression
14 Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
15 Anxiety disorders
Part III Developmental disorders
16 Intellectual disability
17 Autism spectrum disorders
18 L earning problems as child psychopathology
Part IV Less frequent and less clearly defined forms of child psychopathology
19 Eating disorders
20 Bipolar disorder in childhood and adolescence: a modern-day epidemic?
21 Substance use disorders
22 School refusal
23 Post-traumatic stress disorder
24 Gender dysphoria in children: or, what is psychopathology?
Glossary
Bibliography
Index