| Handbook of Child Psychopathology Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Ollendick, Thomas H. (Editor), Hersen, Michel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1461377099 ISBN-13: 9781461377092 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Medical | Mental Health - Psychology | Clinical Psychology |
| Dewey: 616.89 |
| Physical Information: 1.39" H x 7" W x 10" (2.62 lbs) 679 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In our first edition of the Handbook in 1983, we the origins and course(s) of maladaptive behav- ior, whatever the causes, whatever the age of on- noted that child psychopathology should no longer be viewed as a downward extension of set, whatever the transformations in behavioral adult psychopathology. Rather, we suggested expression, and however complex the develop- that children should be viewed as children, not mental pattern may prove to be. It strives to inte- as miniature adults, and that a merger of the dis- grate these two disciplines in an intimate and of- ciplines of clinical child psychology and devel- tentimes complex manner. opmental psychology must occur for this evolu- Careful attention to issues of development and tion to be fully realized. In the second edition of other contextual issues relevant to children, ad- the Handbook in 1989, we asserted that the syn- olescents, and their families guided us in our ef- thesis of these two fields of inquiry was under- forts to solicit contributors for this third edition. |