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- Editors:
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Cynthia L. Frame
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University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Johnny L. Matson
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Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xviii
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Basic Issues
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- Cynthia L. Frame, Johnny L. Matson
Pages 3-12
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- Edward A. Konarski Jr., Jean Spruill
Pages 13-32
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- Juan E. Mezzich, Ada C. Mezzich
Pages 33-60
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Methods of Assessment
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- Maribeth Gettinger, Thomas R. Kratochwill
Pages 131-161
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- Barry A. Edelstein, Ellen S. Berler
Pages 163-184
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Assessment of Specific Disorders
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Front Matter
Pages 185-185
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- Barbara Tylenda, Stephen R. Hooper, Rowland P. Barrett
Pages 187-217
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- Helen Evans, Eliezer Schwartz
Pages 219-250
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- William I. Gardner, Christine L. Cole
Pages 251-270
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- Richard J. Morris, Scott J. Collier
Pages 271-321
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- Lynn P. Rehm, Barbara Gordon-Leventon, Carolyn Ivens
Pages 341-371
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- Greta Francis, Thomas H. Ollendick
Pages 373-400
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- Ronald Neeper, Anthony Iezzi
Pages 401-431
About this book
One of the most important practical problems in child psychology and psychia try is the differential diagnosis of emotional disorders. Until recently, the gener al mode of assessment had been to apply to children the characteristics of psychopathology that were evident in adults. In addition, there had been few assessment tools available for use with children aside from modified versions of adult instruments. Understandably, this approach was controversial, and dissat isfaction with it led to the more recent knowledge that adult and child problems may be manifested quite differently. The third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders takes these factors into account much more extensively than previous editions. Furthermore, a great deal of research on methodology in child assessment procedures has emerged recently. Yet, in spite of these advances, practicing clinicians are still frequently at a loss in moving from the characteristics of the disturbed child before them to the final assign ment of a psychiatric diagnosis. The focus of this book is to outline the various methods of viewing and categorizing the wide range childhood psycho pathology, with special emphasis on the end product of making a differential diagnosis. Our goal was to make this book unique in several ways. First, we attempted to cover a wider range of disorders than is typical in currently available hand books.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
Cynthia L. Frame
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Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Johnny L. Matson
