Through a thoughtful and accurate balance of developmental, clinical-diagnostic, and experimental approaches to child and adolescent psychopathology, Eric Mash and David Wolfe's ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY remains one of the most authoritative, scholarly, and comprehensive books in its market. It's organized to reflect DSM-5 categories, dimensional approaches to classification, and evidence-based assessment and treatment. The book traces the developmental course of each disorder, showing how child psychopathology involves biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors interacting with a child's environment Case examples and first-person accounts illustrate the approaches used to describe disorders and bring theories to life.
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