Main description:

Developmental psychopathology involves the study and prediction of maladaptive behaviors and processes across time. This new edition of the Handbook furthers the goal of integrating developmental processes into the search for adequate categorical systems for understanding child mental health problems and the trajectories that lead to adult psychopathology. The editors respond to contemporary challenges to place individual behavior in a biological and social context. By including a range of approaches, this volume encompasses the complexity of the growing developmental literature. At the same time, it includes the most recent efforts to produce concise child diagnostic categories.
In a thoroughgoing revision of the first edition of this classic text and reference, published by Plenum in 1990, the editors have assembled a distinguished roster of contributors to address such topics as issues and theories; context and mental health; biology and mental illness; disorders of early childhood; disruptive behavior disorders; emotional disorders; control disorders; pervasive developmental disorders; and trauma disorders. Clinicians, researchers, and students in such diverse fields as developmental and clinical psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, and educational and counseling psychology will benefit from the concepts, investigations, and challenges presented in this state-of-the-art compendium.

Contents:

Part I: Issues and Theories. 1. Toward a Development of Psychopathology: Models, Definitions, and Prediction; M. Lewis. 2. Dialectical Processes in Developmental Psychopathology; A.J. Sameroff. 3. Assessment of Psychopathology; T.M. Achenbach. 4. Developmental Epidemiology: A Framework for Developmental Psychopathology; E.J. Costello, A.C. Angold. 5. Relationships, Development, and Psychopathology; L.A. Sroufe, et al. 6. Prevention Science; J.D. Coie, et al. Part II: Context and Mental Health. 7. Family Context in Developmental Psychopathology; B.H. Fiese, et al. 8. Schooling and Mental Health; R.W. Roeser, J.S. Eccles. 9. Adaptation and Maladaptation in the Peer System: Developmental Processes and Outcomes; K.D. Rudolph, S.R. Asher. 10. Minorities in the United States: Sociocultural Context for Mental Health and Developmental Psychopathology; C.G. Coll, M. Garrido. 11. Culture and Psychopathology; S. Harkness, C.M. Super. Part III: Biology and Mental Illness. 12. Developmental Behavioral Genetics; T.G. O'Conner, R. Plomin. 13. A Biobehavioral Perspective on Developmental Psychopathology: Excessive Aggression and Serotonergic Dysfunction in Monkeys; S.J. Suomi. 14. Temperament and Goodness of Fit: Implications for Developmental Psychopathology; R. Seifer. 15. Chronic Medical Conditions: Impact on Development; G.K. Fritz, E.L. McQuaid. Part IV: Disorders of Early Childhood. 16. Attachment Disorders of Infancy; C.H. Zeanah, et al. 17. Sleep and Sleep Disturbances: Regulatory Processes in Infancy; B.L. Goodlin-Jones, et al. 18. Excessive Crying; R.G. Barr. 19. Developmental Psychopathology of Failure to Thrive; D. Drotar, J. Robinson. 20. The Early Caregiving Environment: Expanding Views on Non-Parental Care and Cumulative Life Experiences; S. Landesman Ramey, G.P. Sackett. Part V: Disruptive Behaviors Disorders. 21. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders: A Developmental View; S.B. Campbell. 22. The Natural History and Developmental Functions of Aggression; R.B. Cairns, B.D. Cairns. 23. Are Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Developmental Precursors to Conduct Disorder? B.B. Lahey, et al. 24. Conduct Disorder; K.A. Dodge. Part VI: Emotional Disorders. 25. Development and Depression; J. Garber. 26. A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on the Cognitive Components of Child and Adolescent Depression.; N.J. Kaslow, et al. 27. Anxiety; M.W. Vasey, T.H. Ollendick. 28. Mixed Anxiety/Depression in Childhood and Adolescence; B.E. Compas, G. Oppedisano. 29. Obsessions and Compulsions: The Developmental and Familial Context; A.S. Carter, R.A. Pollock. Part VII: Control Disorders. 30. Alcoholism: A Lifespan Perspective on Etiology and Course; R.A. Zucker, et al. 31. Adolescent Drug Use Development: A Social Interactional and Contextual Perspective; H. Hops, et al. 32. The Development of Disordered Eating: Correlates and Pre