Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development 1996

Margaret E. Hertzig, M.D ., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College; and Director of the Child and Adolescent Outpatient De­partment and Medical Director of the Nursery School Treatment Center, Payne Whitney Clinic at New York Hospital. Ellen A. Farber, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Cornell University Med­ical College; and Director of Child Psychology Train­ing, Payne Whitney Clinic at New York Hospital.

• I. DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES 1. Annotation: The Extraordinary Cognitive Journey from Foetus Through Infancy 2. Motor Development: A New Synthesis 3. Understanding the Intentions of Others: Re-Enactment of Intended Acts by 18-Month-Old Children 4. Frontal Activation Assymetry and Social Competence at Four Years of Age II. ATTACHMENT AND PARENTING 5. Clinical Implications of Attachment Concepts: Retrospect and Prospect 6. Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Insecure Attachment: A Review of the Effects of Attachment-Based Interventions on Maternal Sensitivity and Infant Security 7. Clinical Assessment of Parenting 8. Genetic Questions for Environmental Studies: Differential Parenting and Psychopathology in Adolescence III. ASPERGER'S DISORDER AND AUTISM 9. Validity and Neuropsychological Characterization of Asperger Syndrome: Convergence with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Syndrome 10. Self-Competence and Emotional Understanding in High-Functioning Children with Autism 11. The Recognition of Autism in Children with Down Syndrome: Implications for Intervention and Some Speculations About Pathology 12. Use of Methylphenidate in the Treatment of Children with Autistic Disorder IV. CLINICAL ISSUES 13. Case Study: A New Infection-Triggered, Autoimmune Subtype of Pediatric OCD and Tourette's Syndrome 14. Mania-Li~~ Symptoms Suggestive of Childhood-Onset Bipolar Disorder in Clinically Referred Children 15. Psychosocial Adjustment in Children with Port-Wine Stains and Prominent Ears 16. Psychological Science and the Use of Anatomically Detailed Dolls in Child Sexual-Abuse Assessments V. ISSUES IN TREATMENT 17. Current Knowledge of Medications for the Treatment of Childhood Anxiety Disorders 18. Practical Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Selective Mutism 19. Pemoline Effects on Children with ADHD: A Time-Response by Dose-Response Analysis on Classroom Measures 20. Efficacy of Methylphenidate for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children with Tic Disorder VI. SPECIAL ISSUES 21. Families Created by the New Reproductive Technologies: Quality of Parenting and Social and Emotional Development of the Children 22. The Identity of Mixed Parentage Adolescents 23. The Orphans of Eritrea: A Comparison Study 24. Ethical Issues in Biological Psychiatric Research with Children and Adolescents.