Developmental Psychopathology (eBook)

Amanda Venta, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Houston, Texas, USA. Dr. Venta's primary research interests are the development of psychopathology in youth and the protective effect of attachment security. Carla Sharp, PhD is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Developmental Psychopathology Lab, University of Houston, Texas, USA, where she also leads the Adolescent Diagnosis Assessment Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) Clinic. Peter Fonagy, PhD, is Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London; Chief Executive of the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London; Consultant to the Child and Family Programme at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine; and holds visiting professorships at Yale and Harvard Medical Schools. Jack M. Fletcher, PhD is Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor, Associate Vice President for Research Administration, and Associate Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Houston, Texas, USA.

Preface ix

The Editors xiii

List of Contributors xvii

Part I Background 1

Chapter 1 Traditional Approaches to Child Psychopathology 3
Kiana Wall, Eric Sumlin, and Carla Sharp

Chapter 2 Developmental Psychopathology 18
Rebecca Lippschutz and Johanna Bick

Chapter 3 Normal Development: What Is Actually Normal? 35
Hillary A. Langley, Sarah Barksdale, Bailey A. Barnes, Caitlin H. Child, Matthew T. Roberts, and Mayra B. Ramos

Chapter 4 Insecure Attachment and Related Difficulties 58
Amanda Venta and Anna Abate

Part II Problems of Early and Middle Childhood 87

Chapter 5 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 89
Jack M. Fletcher

Chapter 6 Autism Spectrum Disorder 119
Rachel H. Fein, Amanda Venta, Allison C. Meinert, Sarah S. Mire, And Katherine Bergez

Chapter 7 Emergence of Antisocial Behavior in Middle Childhood 157
Peter Fonagy

Chapter 8 Fear and Anxiety 182
Andres G. Viana, Erika S. Trent, Haley E. Conroy, and Elizabeth M. Raines

Part III Problems of Adolescence and Early Adulthood 219

Chapter 9 Depression 221
Francesca Penner and Carla Sharp

Chapter 10 Eating Disorders 252
Deborah Michel and Amanda Venta

Chapter 11 Substance Use Disorders 279
Maxwell R. Christensen, Emma Anderson ]White, Lauren J. Ryan, Mia M. Ricardo, Beata A. Krembuszewski, Cody Sze, and Craig E. Henderson

Chapter 12 Schizophrenia 311
Amanda Venta and Jessica R. Hart

Chapter 13 Emerging Personality Disorders 335
Sophie Kerr, Peter Fonagy, and Carla Sharp

Part IV Special Topics and Conclusions 365

Chapter 14 Child Maltreatment 367
Brian Allen, Michelle P. Desir, and Chad E. Shenk

Chapter 15 Divorce, Separation, and Loss 400
Amanda Venta and Jesse Walker

Chapter 16 Quo Vadis 423
Amanda Venta, Carla Sharp, and Peter Fonagy

Index 438