Main description:

The new edition reflects the latest changes to the DSM (DSM-V, 2013) and is updated with new research and developments in the field.
Key Features:

- Links research with clinical practice via a focus on evidence-based therapies for childhood disorders, balancing solid empirical science and clinical insights and thus helping students filter clinically valuable findings from those lacking utility.

- An emphasis on developmental perspective to better understand psychopathology, with use of normal development as a lens through which to view abnormal behavior or emotional problems.

- Case studies and real-life examples are in each chapter.

New to this Edition:

- Discusses new, evidence-based treatments for children and adolescents.

- New chapter on child and adolescent health-related disorders.

Contents:

Preface
About the Author
I. Principles of Science and Practice
Chapter 1. The Science and Practice of Abnormal Child Psychology
Chapter 2. Exploring the Causes of Childhood Disorders: Research Methods and Theories
Chapter 3. Assessing, Diagnosing, and Treating Children's Problems
II. Developmental and Learning Disorders
Chapter 4. Intellectual Disability and Developmental Disorders in Children
Chapter 5. Communication Disorders in Children
Chapter 6. Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chapter 7. Learning Disabilities and Specific Learning Disorder
III. Disruptive Disorders and Substance Use Problems
Chapter 8. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 9. Conduct Problems in Children and Adolescents
Chapter 10. Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
IV. Emotion and Thought Disorders
Chapter 11. Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Chapter 12. Trauma-Related Disorders and Child Maltreatment
Chapter 13. Depressive Disorders and Self-Injury
Chapter 14. Bipolar Spectrum Disorders and Schizophrenia
V. Health-Related Problems
Chapter 15. Feeding and Eating Disorders
Chapter 16. Health-Related Disorders and Pediatric Psychology
References
Index