Developmental Psychopathology

Employing a developmental approach to child psychopathology, this expanded edition features chapters on autism, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. Also covered is current research and theoretical findings within the discipline, such as treatment of child psychopathology within different ethnic communities, the implications of new DSM-IV classifications, sexual abuse, eating disorders, childhood depression and new methods of treatment. The text presents a balanced perspective of the topic as a whole, incorporating behavioural, cognitive, psychodynamic and family models.