Handbook Of Child Psychopathology

Details the current status of research and practice in child psychopathology and clinical child psychology. Part I considers developmental, etiological, diagnostic, and taxonomic issues in detail, and addresses clinical formulation of psychopathology. Part II looks at a variety of psychopathologies, with each chapter organized around issues of definition, diagnosis, etiology, assessment, and treatment, with case studies. Part III covers psychological aspects of physical disorders, with chapters on headaches, AIDS, asthma, diabetes, cancer, abuse and neglect, and stress. This section reflects the impact of behavioral medicine and pediatric psychology on the practice of clinical child psychology. Part IV reviews psychodynamic, behavioral, and psychopharmacological treatments. This third edition incorporates developments in the field since 1989, and includes a final chapter on preventive strategies within the context of a proactive-developmental-ecological perspective.
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