Developmental Psychopathology as a Scientific Discipline

Abstract

2nd ed. Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Second Edition is the only comprehensive text on childhood and adolescent disorders that addresses genetic, neurobiological, and environmental factors within a developmental perspective. The new edition includes more on epigenetics, classification, culture and context and emphasizes how, when, and why disorders emerge among young people and in what ways symptom profiles change at different stages of development. pt. I. The developmental psychopathology approach to understanding mental illness -- pt. II. Vulnerabilities and risk factors for psychopathology -- pt. III. Externalizing behavior disorders -- pt. IV. Internalizing behavior disorders -- pt. V. Other disorders.