Handbook of Child Psychopathology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Basic Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3

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   2. Developmental Perspectives

      • Susan B. Campbell

      Pages 5-28

   3. Etiology

      • Diane J. Willis, C. Eugene Walker

      Pages 29-51

   4. Diagnostic, Taxonomic, and Assessment Issues

      • Thomas M. Achenbach, Craig Edelbrock

      Pages 53-69

3. Specific Childhood Psychopathologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-73

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   2. Mental Retardation

      • Diane E. D. Deitz, Alan C. Repp

      Pages 75-91

   3. Specific Language and Learning Disorders

      • Lorian Baker, Dennis P. Cantwell

      Pages 93-104

   4. Infantile Autism

      • Laura Schreibman, Marjorie H. Charlop

      Pages 105-129

   5. Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

      • Carol K. Whalen

      Pages 131-169

   6. Conduct Disorders

      • Cynthia G. Baum

      Pages 171-196

   7. Juvenile Delinquency

      • Dennis R. Moore, Judy L. Arthur

      Pages 197-217

   8. Anxiety Disorders

      • Cynthia G. Last

      Pages 219-227

   9. Depression

      • Theodore A. Petti

      Pages 229-246

   10. Obesity and Anorexia Nervosa

       • Gloria R. Leon, David Dinklage

       Pages 247-264

   11. Self-Injury and Stereotypies

       • Johnny L. Matson

       Pages 265-275

   12. Tics and Tourette’s Disorder

       • Duane G. Ollendick

       Pages 277-290

   13. Enuresis and Encopresis

       • Daniel M. Doleys

       Pages 291-314

4. Psychological Aspects of Physical Conditions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-316

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   2. Headaches

      • Donald A. Williamson, C. J. Davis, Mary Lou Kelley

      Pages 317-326

In our first edition of the Handbook in 1983, we noted that child psychopathology should no longer be viewed simply as a downward extension of adult psychopathology. Rather, we suggested that children must be viewed as children, not as miniature adults, and that a merger of clinical child psychology and developmental psychology must occur in order for this objective to be realized. Now, 6 years later, we are sufficiently encouraged to assert that this synthesis, at least on a conceptual level, is well under way. Yet much growth remains to be seen along practical lines. The real test of the synthesis of these two fields of study will be evidenced on the battlefield, that is, the front line of clinical practice. Just how integrated clinical child psychology and developmental psychology really are remains to be seen. Nonetheless, progress is well under way. Careful attention to developmental and other contextual issues guided us in our efforts to solicit contributors for this second edition. All the contributors are active researchers and clinicians in the area of child psychopathology, and all are keenly aware of the subtle nuances and special considera­ tions of clinical and developmental psychology as they relate to child behavior problems. In addition, all the contributors are empirically minded; as a result, the chapters are data-based and represent some ofthe most up-to-date knowledge currently available. However, as research-based knowledge is more abundant and conclusive in some topic areas than in others, the chapters vary in length and scope.

• attention
• behavior
• psychology
• psychopathology

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

  Thomas H. Ollendick

• Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA

  Michel Hersen

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