Developmental Psychopathology, Theory and Methods

Developmental Psychopathology, Theory and Methods
ISBN-10
0471532436
ISBN-13
9780471532439
Category
Psychology / General
Pages
816
Language
English
Published
1995-05
Publisher
Wiley
Authors
Dante Cicchetti, Donald J. Cohen

Description

The first of two complementary volumes on developmental psychopathology, a new perspective on mental illness that ties mental disorder to normal development. Developmental psychopathology is sufficiently different from older views of mental dysfunction as to be growing as a separate subdiscipline of psychology/psychiatry. This volume covers the history, theory and methods of this new approach, including the contributions of several standard theoretical viewpoints (psychoanalytic, system, theory, organizational, information processing, cross-cultural, etc.); examines the relationship between developmental psychopathology and genetics, neuropsychology, epidemiology, and ethology; and looks at the implications for psychometric theory.

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