Handbook of Child Psychopathology, 1983

Although the field of child psychopathology is of relatively recent origin, it is a healthy, burgeoning one. Within the past 10 to 20 years, numerous articles and books have been published, and the field can now be described as emerging with an identity of its own. No longer can child psychopathology be viewed simply as a downward extension of adult psy­ chopathology. Rather, children must be viewed as children, not as miniature adults. Such a situation requires that issues of child psychology and developmental psychology be inti­ mately considered when delineating the problems of children. Such a focus has guided our efforts in soliciting contributors and topics for this volume. All contributors are active researchers and clinicians in the area of child psychopathology, and all are acutely aware of the special considerations of child and developmental psychol­ ogy as they relate to child behavior problems. Further, all contributors are empirically minded; consequently, the various chapters are data-based and represent the most up-to­ date knowledge available. However, since research-based knowledge is more abundant in some topic areas than in others, the chapters vary in length and scope.

I. General Issues.- 1. A Historical Overview of Child Psychopathology.- 2. Developmental Perspectives in Child Psychopathology.- 3. Etiological Factors.- 4. Taxonomic Issues in Child Psychopathology.- II Specific Psychopathologies.- 5. Mental Retardation.- 6. Infantile Autism.- 7. Hyperactivity, Learning Problems, and the Attention Deficit Disorders.- 8. Enuresis and Encopresis.- 9. Stereotypic Behaviors, Stuttering, and Elective Mutism.- 10. Childhood Obesity and Anorexia Nervosa.- 11. Obsessive-Compulsive and Phobic Reactions.- 12. Depression and Withdrawal in Children.- 13. Aggressive and Oppositional Behavior.- 14. Juvenile Delinquency.- III Prevention and Treatment.- 15. Traditional Therapies with Children.- 16. Behavioral Treatment.- 17. Psychopharmacological Treatment.- 18. Preventive Strategies with Children and Families: Small Groups, Organizations, Communities.