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Handbook of Child Psychopathology

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Basic Issues

  2. Specific Childhood Psychopathologies

  3. Psychological Aspects of Physical Conditions

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About this book

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.

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`Impressive in weight and content alike ... comprehensive and contemporary ... useful both for third year undergraduates and postgraduate teaching ... an excellent addition to any major library.`
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

    Thomas H. Ollendick

  • School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University, Forest Grove, USA

    Michel Hersen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Child Psychopathology

  • Editors: Thomas H. Ollendick, Michel Hersen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5905-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45321-2Published: 30 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7709-2Published: 09 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5905-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 679

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry

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