Balancing developmental, clinical-diagnostic, and experimental approaches to child and adolescent psychopathology, Eric Mash and David Wolfe's ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY is one of the most up-to-date, authoritative, and comprehensive books in its market. The seventh edition is organized to reflect DSM-5 categories, dimensional approaches to classification, and evidence-based assessment and treatment approaches. The authors trace developmental pathways for each disorder and show how child and adolescent psychopathology involves biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors interacting with a youth's environment. Case histories, examples, and first-person accounts illustrate the categorical and dimensional approaches used to describe disorders. The authors also consistently illustrate how troubled children behave in their natural settings: homes, schools, and communities.
Part I: UNDERSTANDING ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY.
1. Introduction to Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Children and Adolescents.
2. Theories and Causes.
3. Research.
4. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Part II: NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS.
5. Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder).
6. Autism Spectrum Disorder and Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia.
7. Communication and Learning Disorders.
8. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Part III: BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS.
9. Conduct Problems.
10. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
11. Anxiety and Obsessive–Compulsive Disorders.
12. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.
Part IV: PROBLEMS RELATED TO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
13. Health-Related and Substance-Use Disorders.
14. Feeding and Eating Disorders.
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Eric J Mash
Eric Mash is a professor of psychology at University of Calgary in Canada, where he enjoys teaching undergraduate classes in abnormal child psychology, behavior modification, and developmental psychopathology as well as graduate classes in clinical psychology, specifically in child psychopathology, child assessment, and child psychotherapy. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Florida State University, and completed his residency in clinical child psychology at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. Eric commits much of his time and energy outside of the classroom to researching the topics of abnormal child psychology, child and family assessment, child psychotherapy, and child development. Particularly interested in attention-deficit disorder and conduct problems, and in families in which children have been physically abused, Eric has contributed and published many journal articles and books on these topics. He is also a Fellow of the American and Canadian Psychological Associations, and has served on the editorial boards of many prestigious journals and grant agencies at local and federal levels.
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David A Wolfe
David Wolfe is the first recipient of the RBC Investments Chair in Developmental Psychopathology and Children's Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, and the Academic Director of the Center for Research on Violence Against Women and Children. He enjoys teaching abnormal child psychology, child assessment and psychotherapy, and community psychology to undergraduate students. He earned his Ph.D. at University of South Florida in Tampa, and completed his residency in clinical psychology at University of Mississippi Medical Center. David is a founding member of the Center for Research on Violence Against Women and Children, and also a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), where he served as president of Division 37, Child, Youth, and Family Services. He lends special focus to child abuse, domestic violence, and development and developmental psychopathology, as well as the impact of early childhood trauma on later development in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. Currently David focuses attention on studying ways to prevent violence in relationships with adolescents.
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Current findings regarding the reliability and validity of DSM diagnostic criteria for specific disorders are discussed, with attention to issues, features, and disorders that are new to DSM-5.
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A comprehensive and integrative approach pays attention to advances in abnormal child and adolescent psychology and focuses on the child, not just the disorders.
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The book is organized into a logical four-part framework to facilitate understanding of the individual disorders and mastery of the material overall.
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First-person accounts and case histories help students grasp the real-world impact of disorders.
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"A Closer Look" boxes throughout the book draw students into the material and enrich each topic with engaging additional information. Examples include "What Are the Long-Term Criminal Consequences of Child Maltreatment?", "Common Fears in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence," and "Did Darwin Have a Panic Disorder?"
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The authors' in-depth coverage of the role of the normal developmental process in understanding each disorder, as well as their close attention to important sex and cultural differences in the expression, determinants, and outcomes of child and adolescent disorders, promote greater understanding.
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Video clips selected by the authors are listed in the Instructor's Manual and available as part of MindTap for Abnormal Child Psychology. These current, high-interest videos focus on the mental disorders affecting children.
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Disorders are organized around the DSM-5 criteria and summarized in DSM-5 tables to present the disorders' primary characteristics as accurately and clearly as possible.
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Current findings regarding the reliability and validity of DSM diagnostic criteria for specific disorders are discussed, with attention to issues, features, and disorders that are new to DSM-5.
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A comprehensive and integrative approach pays attention to advances in abnormal child and adolescent psychology and focuses on the child, not just the disorders.
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The book is organized into a logical four-part framework to facilitate understanding of the individual disorders and mastery of the material overall.
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First-person accounts and case histories help students grasp the real-world impact of disorders.
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"A Closer Look" boxes throughout the book draw students into the material and enrich each topic with engaging additional information. Examples include "What Are the Long-Term Criminal Consequences of Child Maltreatment?", "Common Fears in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence," and "Did Darwin Have a Panic Disorder?"
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The authors' in-depth coverage of the role of the normal developmental process in understanding each disorder, as well as their close attention to important sex and cultural differences in the expression, determinants, and outcomes of child and adolescent disorders, promote greater understanding.
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Video clips selected by the authors are listed in the Instructor's Manual and available as part of MindTap for Abnormal Child Psychology. These current, high-interest videos focus on the mental disorders affecting children.
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Disorders are organized around the DSM-5 criteria and summarized in DSM-5 tables to present the disorders' primary characteristics as accurately and clearly as possible.