Psychopathology of childhood : a clinical-experimental approach /

Schwartz, Steven.

Psychopathology of childhood : a clinical-experimental approach / Steven Schwartz, James H. Johnson. - New York : Pergamon Press, c1981. - xiii, 423 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Pergamon general psychology series ; v. 95 .

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD: A HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
science and psychopathology
psychopathology prior to the 18th century
e.tc

CHAPTER 2: ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
parental interviews, child interview, and psychological testing
e.tc

CHAPTER 3: COMMON BEHAVIOUR DEVAITIONS
behavioural problems in nonclinical populations
development of bowel and bladder control
e.tc

CHAPTER 4: PSYCHOSES OF CHILDHOOD: CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS AND THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS
early infantile autism
disintegrative psychoses
schizophrenia

CHAPTER 5: PSYCHOSES OF CHILDHOOD: CURRENT RESEARCH FINDINGS
description and diagnosis
a consensual view of information processing
perception and attention
e.tc

CHAPTER 6: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BRAIN PATHOLGY
factors related to CNS impairment
on the heterogeneity of neurologically impaired children
e.tc

CHAPTER 7: ''NEUROTIC'' BEHAVIOR DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD
childhood neuroses: psychodynamic and behavioural perspectives
childhood neuroses: general characteristics
e.tc

CHAPTER 8: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS
psychophysiological disorders: changing views
childhood asthma
e.tc

CHAPTER 9: INTELLECTUAL AND COGNITIVE DISORDERS
who are the mentally retarded?
etiology of mental retardation
e.tc

CHAPTER 10: JUVENILE DELIQUENCY
dimensions of delinquency
etiological views of delinquency
e.tc

CHAPTER 11: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CHILD TREATMENT
models of psychopathology and approaches to child treatment
approaches to child treatment : an overview
e.tc

CHAPTER 12: PREVENTION OF CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
background, definition and problems
primary prevention
secondary prevention
e.tc




Includes bibliographies and indexes.

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Child psychopathology.
Mental disorders--In infancy and childhood.
Psychopathology--In infancy and childhood.

RJ499 / .S47 1981

618.92/8907 / SCH

WS350 S399p