Child and adolescent psychopathology / edited By Theodore P. Beauchaine, Stephen P. Hinshaw.

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A unique, multi-discipline, developmental approach to childhood psychopathology

Child and Adolescent Psychopathology is the only comprehensive text in the field to address genetic, neurobiological, and environmental factors within a developmental context. Based on cutting-edge research and aligned with the DSM-5, this book emphasizes how, when, and why disorders emerge among young people, and the ways in which symptom profiles change at different stages of development. This new third edition has been updated to include new chapters on OCD and trauma disorders consistent with DSM-5 classification, and includes new discussion on epigenetics and the neighborhood effects on the development of delinquency. Coverage includes extensive discussion of risk factors, from disturbed attachment relations and abuse/neglect, to head injury and teratogen exposure, followed by in-depth examination of behavior disorders and psychological disorders including Autism Spectrum, Schizophrenia Spectrum, and Eating Disorders.

Psychological disorders in children are increasingly being explored from a relational perspective, and continuous advances in neurobiology research are adding an additional dimension to our understanding of cause, effect, and appropriate intervention. This book provides detailed guidance toward all aspects of childhood psychopathology, with a multi-discipline approach and a unique developmental emphasis.

Discover how psychopathology emerges throughout the stages of development Learn how both genetics and environmental factors influence risk and behaviors Understand the prevalence, risk factors, and progression of each disorder Gain deep insight from leading experts in neurobiology and developmental psychopathology

As the field of child psychology continues to evolve, behavioral and psychological disorders move beyond a list of symptoms to encompass the 'whole child'--biology, chemistry, environment, and culture are becoming increasingly relevant in understanding and treating these disorders, and must be considered from the earliest assessment stages. Child and Adolescent Psychopathology provides comprehensive information on childhood disorders from a developmental perspective.

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CHOICE Review

Engaging clinical and developmental psychology, psychiatry, neurology, genetics, and public health, developmental psychopathology uses a multidisciplinary approach to understand normal development and the development of disordered behavior as impacted by genetic, biological, cultural, and environmental factors. Beauchaine (Univ. of Washington, Seattle) and Hinshaw (Univ. of California, Berkeley) offer here an updated, streamlined version of Developmental Psychopathology, ed. by Dante Chicchetti and Donald Cohen (2v, 1995), weighting this new volume toward genetics and neurobiology. Part 1 provides a thorough understanding of neurobiology, genotypes, behavioral genetics, and their interaction with development. Part 2 looks at risk factors (trauma and neglect, impulsivity, behavioral inhibition, teratogens, brain injury, emotional regulation) as variables that can lead to psychopathological functioning. Both of these sections are extremely scientific and dense. The remaining three parts examine externalizing (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, substance abuse), internalizing (anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder), and other disorders (bipolarity, the autism spectrum, schizophrenia, eating disorders) from genetic, neuropsychological, environmental, and cultural viewpoints. These sections are more approachable and will be a great source of information for those with less scientific (but still some) background. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals. M. Schwendener-Holt Earlham College