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Through a thoughtful and accurate balance of developmental, clinical-diagnostic, and experimental approaches to child and adolescent psychopathology, Eric Mash and David Wolfe’s ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY remains the most authoritative, scholarly, and comprehensive book in its market. This edition has been organized and updated to reflect DSM-5 categories, as well as dimensional approaches to classification and evidence-based assessment and treatment. Accessible to a broad range of readers, the book traces the developmental course of each disorder. It also shows how child psychopathology involves biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors interacting with a child’s environment. Case histories, case examples, and first-person accounts are at the heart of the book, illustrating the categorical and dimensional approaches used to describe disorders and bringing life to the theories discussed. The authors also consistently illustrate how troubled children behave in their natural settings: homes, schools, and communities.

Part 1: UNDERSTANDING ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY.
1. Introduction to Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Children and Adolescents.
2. Theories and Causes.
3. Research.
4. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Part 2: NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS.
5. Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder).
6. Autism Spectrum Disorder and Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia.
7. Communication and Learning Disorders.
8. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Part 3: BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS.
9. Conduct Problems.
10. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders.
11. Anxiety and Obsessive–Compulsive Disorders.
12. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.
Part 4: PROBLEMS RELATED TO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
13. Health-Related and Substance-Use Disorders.
14. Feeding and Eating Disorders.

Please note that the digital access code that comes with the print book is valid for use in a specific Asia territory only. CB VitalSource eBook – The ultimate eBook experience has arrived! Easily access our eBooks with features that will improve your reading experience, and tools to help you take notes and organize your studies. Through a thoughtful and accurate balance of developmental, clinical-diagnostic, and experimental approaches to child and adolescent psychopathology, Eric Mash and David Wolfe’s ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY remains the most authoritative, scholarly, and comprehensive book in its market. This edition has been organized and updated to reflect DSM-5 categories, as well as dimensional approaches to classification and evidence-based assessment and treatment. Accessible to a broad range of readers, the book traces the developmental course of each disorder. It also shows how child psychopathology involves biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors interacting with a child’s environment. Case histories, case examples, and first-person accounts are at the heart of the book, illustrating the categorical and dimensional approaches used to describe disorders and bringing life to the theories discussed. The authors also consistently illustrate how troubled children behave in their natural settings: homes, schools, and communities. The authors present new emphasis on current approaches to treatment and prevention in each chapter. For instance, they include the most recent follow-up findings from groundbreaking programs such as early interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder, Fast Track for conduct disorders, and the Multimodal Treatment Study for Children with ADHD. Enriched coverage of gender and culture appears in each chapter and includes exciting new findings related to the expression, development, and adolescent outcomes for girls with ADHD, conduct problems, and anxiety and mood disorders; and for children from different ethnic and cultural groups. Updated content covers prevalence, age of onset, and gender distribution for each disorder, including a discussion of issues surrounding the reported increase in prevalence of autism spectrum disorder. Discussion of the most recent theories about developmental pathways for different disorders includes the childhood precursors of eating disorders. The authors present integrative developmental frameworks for ADHD, conduct problems, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and child maltreatment. Research updates include recent genetic discoveries regarding neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and specific learning and communication disorders. There are also new exciting findings on the interplay between early experience and brain development, including how early stressors (such as abuse) alter the brain systems associated with regulating stress and place children at risk for developing later problems, such as anxiety or mood disorders. New material discusses the strong connection between children's behavior patterns and the availability of a suitable child-rearing environment, and how early experience can influence both gene expression and brain development. A new discussion of the nature of child maltreatment illustrates how major forms of childhood stress and trauma often stem from unhealthy relationships with significant others.