Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

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Theodore P. Beauchaine, Stephen P. Hinshaw
John Wiley & Sons, Dec 30, 2010 - Psychology - 720 pages
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology provides a unique opportunity to expose students to a cutting-edge approach to childhood and adolescent disorders by addressing and integrating the most current research on the genetic, neurobiological, and environmental factors that contribute to them. The text also emphasizes how, when, and why disorders emerge among young people and in what ways symptom profiles change at different stages of development.
 

Contents

Title Page
Preface
CHAPTER 1 Developmental PsychopathologyasaScientific
Relevance KEY DPCONCEPTSAND PRINCIPLES
A MultipleLevelsofAnalysis Perspective
REFERENCES CHAPTER 3 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Behavior
INTRODUCTION
NEURODEVELOPMENT
Impulsivity and Vulnerability to Psychopathology
HISTORICALCONTEXT
Exposure to Teratogenic Agents as a Risk Factor
EXPOSURES
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS REFERENCES
Brain Injury as a Risk Factor for Psychopathology
CONCEPTUAL MODELS OF AFFECTIVE STYLE
RESEARCH

THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT OFNEGLECT
THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT OF TRAUMA
CHAPTER 10EmotionDysregulation AsaRisk Factor
PERSPECTIVE CHARACTERISTICSOF EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION

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Theodore P. Beauchaine, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Dr. Beauchaine is the Robert Bolles & Yasuko Endo endowed Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He recently received an Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association for his work addressing neurobiological vulnerabilities and environmental risk factors for conduct problems and depression.

Stephen P. Hinshaw, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Hinshaw is Chair of the Psychology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. An internationally recognized scholar in the area of developmental psychopathology, he is Incoming Editor of Psychological Bulletin and Associate Editor of Development and Psychopathology.

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