Child psychopathology
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Child psychopathology
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2008
- International edition
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Includes bibliographical references (p. R1- R51) and indexes
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Description
All students who will one day work with children or their families can gain a basic foundation for understanding child psychopathology from this text. Students who seek careers in the mental health, physical health, or social work fields will find extensive information on childhood disorders, their prevention, and their treatment. All will gain an appreciation for the many facets of this growing field, and of the need to base interventions on research and on a humane attitude toward each child and family.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1IntroductionWho Should Know About Child PsychopathologyBasic PrinciplesThe Field of Developmental Psychopathology Chapter 2Research Methods and Ethical IssuesResearch MethodsEthical Issues Chapter 3Basic Psychological TheoriesPsychodynamic TheoriesBehavioral TheoriesCognitive TheoriesAttachment TheoryFamily Systems Theories Chapter 4Quantitative Behavioral GeneticsHistoryBasic Research StrategyCommon Research Strategies in Quantitative Behavioral GeneticsQuantifying the Influences on DevelopmentGene and Environment Relationships Chapter 5Classification, Diagnosis, and Assessmentof DisordersWhy Have a Classification System and Diagnose Disorders?Basic Issues in ClassificationThe DSM Classification SystemClinical Assessment Chapter 6Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant DisorderCase Study: Early-onset Conduct ProblemsCase Study: Adolescent-onset Conduct ProblemsHistoryDiagnosis and Assessment Characteristics and Experiences of Children With Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct DisorderSubtypes of Children with Conduct DisorderPrevalenceCourseFamilies of Children with Conduct DisorderEtiology of Conduct ProblemsPreventive and Therapeutic Interventions Chapter 7Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderCase Study: A Dramatic Influence of MedicationCase Study: Conflict Over Taking MedicationHistoryDiagnosis and AssessmentCharacteristics and Experiences of Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderPrevalenceCourseFamilies of Children With ADHDEtiologyPreventionTherapeutic Interventions Chapter 8Bipolar DisorderCase Study: Three Women, One Girl, and Two Cases of Bipolar DisorderCase Study: A Treatment-resistant Case of Bipolar DisorderHistoryDiagnosis and AssessmentThe Existence of Bipolar Disorders in Prepubertal ChildrenCharacteristics and Experiences of Children With Bipolar DisordersPrevalenceCourseFamilies of Children with Bipolar DisordersEtiologyPreventionTherapeutic Interventions Chapter 9Depressive DisordersCase Study: "Hidden" Depression in an Early AdolescentCase Study: A Gradual Decline Into DepressionHistoryDiagnosis and AssessmentCharacteristics and Experiences of Children With Depressive DisordersPrevalenceCourseSex Differences in Depression Beginning in AdolescenceFamilies of Children with Depressive DisordersSuicideEtiologyPreventionTherapeutic Interventions Chapter 10Anxiety DisordersCase Study: A Child With Separation AnxietyCase Study: A Sudden Fear of DogsHistoryBasic Issues in Childhood AnxietyAnxiety DisordersEtiology of Anxiety DisordersPreventionTherapeutic Interventions Chapter 11Mental RetardationCase Study: The Early Life of a Girl With Mild Mental RetardationCase Study: A Young Boy's Influence on His FamilyIntelligence and Intelligence TestingHistoryDiagnosis and AssessmentCharacteristics and Experiences of Children With Mental RetardationPrevalenceFamilies of Children with Mental RetardationEtiologyPreventionEducational InterventionsOther Therapeutic Interventions Chapter 12Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental DisordersCase Study: Experiences of "High Functioning" Person with Autism HistoryDiagnosis and AssessmentCharacteristics and Experiences of Children With Autistic Disorder or Asperger's DisorderPrevalenceCourse Families of Children With a Pervasive Developmental DisorderEtiologyRett's DisorderChildhood Disintegrative DisorderTherapeutic Interventions Chapter 13Childhood-onset SchizophreniaCase Study: A Child With Many Risk Factors for SchizophreniaCase Study: Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia From "Out of the Blue"HistoryDiagnosis and AssessmentCharacteristics and Experiences of Children With SchizophreniaPrevalenceCourseFamilies of Children with SchizophreniaEtiologyPreventionTherapeutic Interventions Chapter 14 Disorders Associated with Trauma or MaltreatmentPosttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder Characteristics and Experiences of Children with PTSD Prevalence Course Families of Children with PTSD Etiology Prevention Therapeutic InterventionsDissociative Disorders Case Study: A Sexually Abused Boy History Toward Understanding Dissociated Disorders: Common Dissociative Experiences Diagnosis and Assessment Characteristics and Experiences of Children with Dissociative Disorders Prevalence and Course Etiology and Course Preventive and Therapeutic InterventionsReactive Attachment Disorder History Diagnosis and Assessment Characteristics and Experiences of Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder Prevalence and Course Etiology Preventative and Therapeutic Interventions Chapter 15Disorders Related to Physical Health and Functioning Somatoform Disorders and Somatization Problems Case Study: The Function of a Child's Injury in her Family Diagnosis and Assessment Somatization problems Therapeuticc Interventions for the Child and FamilyChildhood Obesity Case Study: A Girl's Ongoing Struggle with Weight Defining and Measuring Obesity Prevalence and Course Etiology Prevention Therapeutic InterventionsAnorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Prevalence of Body Dissatisfaction and Dieting among School-Age Children Prevalence and Course of Anorexia Prevention Individual and Family TreatmentElimination Disorders Case Study: Primary Enuresis EncopresisReferencesName IndexSubject Index
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