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Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology: A Developmental Perspective

By Linda Wilmshurst

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
1138960500, 9781138960503
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11531074 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
712\713
Topic
Psychology
Time added
2017-05-27 05:37:00
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Description

Written from a developmental perspective, Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is organized around five prominent and recurring themes: the course of normal development proceeds in an orderly and predictable direction; maladaptive behaviors represent deviations from the normal path; maladaptive behavior is represented by a continuum of severity (symptoms, syndromes, disorders) based on the degree to which behaviors deviate from the norm; individual, interpersonal, contextual and cultural factors interact in a reciprocal way to influence normal development and abnormal deviations; theoretical input from diverse perspectives can guide our understanding of underlying processes that precipitate and maintain behaviors and the different developmental pathways that might result. The revision will be divided into five sections, all integrating the DSM-5, and will include a new chapter on child maltreatment and self-injurious behavior.

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