EAN: 9780387095271

ASSESSING CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND DEVELOP...

Not long ago  conducting child assessment was as simple as stating that the child gets along
with others or the child lags behind his peers. Today's pediatric psychologists and allied
professionals  by contrast  know the critical importance of using accurate measures with high
predictive quality to identify pathologies early  form precise case conceptualizations  and
provide relevant treatment options. Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental
Disabilities provides a wide range of evidence-based methods in an immediately useful
presentation from infancy through adolescence. Noted experts offer the most up-to-date findings
in the most pressing areas  including: (1) Emerging trends  new technologies  and
implementation issues. (2) Interviewing techniques and report writing guidelines. (3)
Intelligence testing  neuropsychological assessment  and scaling methods for measuring
psychopathology. (4) Assessment of major pathologies  including ADHD  conduct disorder  bipolar
disorder  and depression. (5) Developmental disabilities  such as academic problems  the autism
spectrum and comorbid pathology  and self-injury. (6) Behavioral medicine  including eating and
feeding disorders as well as pain management. This comprehensive volume is an essential
resource for the researcher's library and the clinician's desk as well as a dependable text for
graduate and postgraduate courses in clinical child  developmental  and school psychology. (A
companion volume  Treating Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities  is also
available to ensure greater continuity on the road from assessment to intervention to outcome.)

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