Developmental Psychopathology with DSM-5 Update 6th Revised ed. Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0077171756
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0077171759
• Author: Patricia K Kerig (Author), Amanda Ludlow (Author)

One of the defining features of Developmental Psychopathology is the appreciation that childhood psychopathology can be understood as normal development gone awry. In order to understand childhood disturbances effectively, we must understand and discover what forces can divert development from its usual course and what can encourage a return to normality. This provides a unifying framework across the book, in conjunction with the developmental approach; this enables the psychopathologies to be presented in roughly chronological order from the age of onset, to help students to “think developmentally”. This new edition is thoroughly updated to include recent theories and research of interest in the area. It has also broadened its scope to offer a more i

Table contents:

1. The development and the role of the DSM-5
2. Infancy : intellectual disability (formerly mental retardation)
3. Infancy : autism spectrum disorders
4. Infancy through preschool : insecure attachment, oppositional-defiant disorder, and enuresis
5. The preschool period : attention deficit/hyperactivity and learning disorders
6. Middle childhood : the anxiety disorders
7. Middle childhood to adolescence : depression and suicide
8. Middle childhoo to adolescence : conduct disorder
9. Severe deviation in late childhood and adolescence : schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
10. Psychopathologies of the Adolescent transition : eating disorders and substance use
11. The developmental consequences of brain injury and chronic illness : acquired brain injury & neurocognitive disorder
12. Late adolescence to early adulthood : borderline personality disorder