Developmental Psychopathology From Infancy Through Adolescence

includes index and biblioraphy

Chapter one The developmental approach Chapter two Normal development Chapter three The bridge to the psychopathologies Chapter four Autism:A severe deviation in infancy Chapter five Infancy through preschool:Insecure attachment,oppositional-defiant disorder and enuresis Chapter six The preschool period: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities Chapter seven Disorders in the depressive spectrum and child and adolescent suicide Chapter eight Middle childhood:The anxiety disorders Chapter nine Conduct disorder and the development of antisocial behavior Chapter ten Schizophrenia-a severe deviation of middle childhood and adolescence Chapter eleven Psychopathologies of the adolescent transition:Eating disorders and substance abuse Chapter twelve The developmenta; consequences of mental retradation Chapter thirteen Risks of physical illness and brain damage Chapter fourteen Risks in the family context:Child maltreatment and divorce Chapter fifteen The risks of ethnic minority children Chapter sixteen Psychological assessment Chapter seventeen Intervention and prevention