Main description:

The Wiley Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology offers a concise, up-to-date, and international overview of the study of developmental psychopathology.

Examines the cognitive, neurobiological, genetic, and environmental influences on normal and abnormal development across the lifespan
Incorporates methodology, theory, and the latest empirical research in a discussion of modern techniques for studying developmental psychopathology
Considers the legal, societal, and policy impacts of changes to diagnostic categories in the light of the transition to DSM-5
Moves beyond a disorder-based discussion to address issues that cut across diagnostic categories

Contents:

Section I: Developmental Psychopathology: An up-to-date historical and methodological overview

Part 1: Methods for studying developmental psychopathology

1. Developmental Trajectories of Psychopathology: An Overview of Approaches and Applications
Nathalie M. G. Fontaine and Isaac T. Petersen

2. Family-based quasi-experimental designs for studying environmental risk factors
Henrik Larsson PhD and Brian M. D Onofrio

3. Using mobile technologies to advance the study of psychopathology among children and adolescents
Madeleine J. George, Michael A. Russell, and Candice L. Odgers

4. Opening Minds: the Arts and Developmental Psychopathology
Nicola Shaughnessy

Section II: Cognitive, neurobiological, and genetic influences

Part 1: Cognition/ Socio-Emotional factors

5. Profiles of Executive Control in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Tourette' s Syndrome: Performance-Based versus Real World Measures
Cynthia S. Peng and Gregory L. Wallace

6. Domain-specific and domain-general approaches to developmental disorders: The example of Specific Language Impairment
Nicola Botting and Chloe Marshall

7. Empathy problems in children and adolescents with Disruptive Behavior Disorders, with and without CU traits
Jarla Pijper, Minet de Wied, Stephanie van Goozen, and Wim H. J. Meeus

Part 2: Developmental neurobiology

8. Developmental cognitive neuroscience
Stephanie Hoehl

9. Early neurocognitive markers of developmental psychopathology
Emily J.H. Jones and Mark H. Johnson

10. Sleep and Anxiety
Alice P. Jones and Alice M. Gregory

Part 3: Genetics

11. The genetic basis of psychological traits in infancy: Implications for understanding the causes of developmental psychopathology
Kostas A. Papageorgiou and Angelica Ronald

12. Generalist genes and developmental psychopathology
Yulia Kovas and Maria Tosto

13. Comorbidity
David M. Williams

Section III Environmental influences

Part 1: Family/Peer issues

14. Parenting influences
David J. Hawes

15. Peer Processes and Child Psychopathology: A Focus on Externalizing Behaviors
Luna C. Munoz Centifanti, Scott Risser, and Bethany Little

16. Environmental Influences: Special Case of Gender
Hedwig Eisenbarth

Part 2: Adverse circumstances - upbringing

17. Development under adverse circumstances as a risk for psychopathology: An intergenerational study of children from disadvantaged high-risk backgrounds
Dale M. Stack, Lisa A. Serbin, Celia Matte-Gagne, Danielle Kingdon, Kelly Doiron, and Alex E. Schwartzman

18. Family Context and Psychopathology: The Mediating Role of Children's Emotion Regulation
Amanda Sheffield Morris, Benjamin J. Houltberg, Michael M. Criss, and Cara D. Bosler

Part 3: Adverse events and cultural influences

19. Disasters and the development of psychopathology in youth: An ecological perspective
Carl F. Weems

20. Cultural Perspectives and Influences on Developmental Psychopathology: Lessons about Risk, Disorder and Well-being from the Study of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
Jacob A. Burack, Ashley Reynolds, Oriane Landry, Gillian Klassen, Natalie Russo, and Stephanie A. Fryberg

Section IV DSM-5 and the future of developmental psychopathology research

Part 1: Psychiatric and diagnostic impact

21. Overview of key changes in the DSM-5 and clinical implications for child and adolescent mental health practice
Valsamma Eapen and Rudi Crncec

22. Autistic Traits in the Development of Non-Autistic Psychopathology
William Mandy

23. A Brief History of the Diagnostic Classification of Childhood Externalizing Disorders
Paul J. Frick and Laura C. Thornton

Part 2: Legal, societal, and policy impact

24. How can developmental psychopathology influence social and legal policy? Adolescence, mental health, and decision making
Kathryn L. Modecki