Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-387-09541-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 963 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 266 mm, Gewicht: 2027 g

The field of child psychopathology and developmental disabilities is expanding rapidly. As a result, many researchers and most clinicians are having greater difficulty keeping up with these rapid advancements. Twenty years ago, psychologists, child psychiatrists, educational counselors, and other child professionals could consult a few journals to obtain current research developments. But this is no longer possible, because the proliferation of specialty journals (e.g., multiple journals on single childhood disorders – such as autism and ADHD) has enhanced the need for more – and more frequent – editions of books specifically designed to summarize the research. Assessment and treatment using evidence-based methods are the proposed topics of this two-volume set.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matson, Johnny L

Andrasik, Frank

Matson, Michael L

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erziehungsberatung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

History, Overview, and Trends.- Diagnostic Classification Systems in Child Psychopathology.- Interviewing and Report Writing.- Intelligence Testing.- Measuring Achievement.- Measuring Psychopathology Using Questionnaires and Checklists.- Neuropsychological Physiological and Biochemical Assessment.- Behavioral Assessment.- Conduct Disorders.- ADHD.- Anxiety and Phobias.- Depression.- Bipolar Disorder.- Autism Spectrum Disorder.- Intellectual Disability I.Q. Mental Health.- Self-Help, Social Skills and Aggression in Intellectual Disabilities.- Self-Injury.- Learning Disabilities.- Anorexia and Bulimia.- Enuresis and Encopresis.- Pain Management.- Feeding Disorders.

Über Autor(innen)

Johnny L. Matson, is Professor and Distinguished Research Master and Director of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He is the author of 29 books and more than 350 scientific papers and book chapters. His area of clinical and research interests are developmental disabilities, autism, and severe child psychopathology.

Frank Andrasik holds the positions of Professor of Psychology at the University of West Florida and Senior Research Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. He has published approximately 200 articles and chapters and has delivered more than 450 talks on the topics of pain, stress, biofeedback, developmental disability, psychiatry, and organizational behavior management; he has also produced several texts for professionals. His most recent published texts are Biofeedback: A Practitioner’s Guide, 3 edition (Guilford, $80), co-edited with Mark S. Schwartz in 2003, and Comprehensive Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology, Volume Two: Adult Psychopathology (Wiley, $200), an edited volume that has just been released (with a publication date of 2006). He belongs to a number of professional societies, holding the status of Fellow in the American Psychological Association (Division of Health Psychology and Society of Clinical Psychology), American Psychological Society, and Society of Behavioral Medicine, and serving as President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback in 1993-1994.

Michael L. Matson is a student at Louisiana State University. He is co-author of 2 books and 7 scientific papers. His research interests are in the area of developmental disabilities.