Progress and unresolved issues in developmental psychopathology

Authors
Publication date 1997
Host editors
  • C.A. Essau
  • F. Petermann
Book title Developmental psychopathology: Epidemiology, diagnostics and treatment.
ISBN
  • 9057021900
  • 9789057021909
Pages (from-to) 447-471
Publisher Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
Abstract (from the chapter) Discusses the definition of abnormality, the association between disorders, role of age, maturation and developmental processes in the manifestation, recognition, and assessment of developmental psychopathology in children using the life-span approach. Questions of how the predictable associations that occur in the development of these disorders can be accounted for and why some children share common developmental pathways are raised
Document type Chapter
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