Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development 2000-2001

Margaret E. Hertzig, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College. Ellen A. Farber Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology, Cornell University Medical College.

• Introduction I.DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES 1.Child Development and the PITS: Simple Questions, Complex Answers, and Developmental Theory 2 Developing Mechanisms of Self-Regulation 3 Implications of Attachment Theory for Developmental Psychopathology 4. Attachment Security in Infancy and Early Adulthood: A Twenty-Year Longitudinal Study 5. Behavioral and Physiological Responsivity, Sleep, and Patterns of Daily Cortisol Production in Infants 6 Imaginary Companions of Preschool Children II. PARENTING Contemporary Research on Parenting: The Case for Nature and Nurture 8 Social versus Biological Parenting: Family Functioning and the Socioemotional Development of Children 9 Parenting among Mothers with a Serious Mental Illness III. ATTENTION DEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERS 10.Diagnostic Efficiency of Neuropsychological Test Scores for Discriminating Boys with and without Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder 11. Efficacy of Methylphenidate among Preschool Children with Developmental Disabilities and ADHD 12. ADHD in Girls: Clinical Comparability of a Research Sample 13. Stimulant Treatment for Children: A Community Perspective IV. OTHER CLINICAL ISSUES 14. The Altering of Reported Experiences 15. Developmental Coordination Disorder in Swedish 7 Year Old Children 16. Thirty-Three Cases of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Children and Adolescents 17. Case Series: Catatonic Syndrome in Young People 18. Toward a Developmental Operational Definition of Autism 19. Adolescent Onset of the Gender Difference in Lifetime Rates of Major Depression: A Theoretical Model 20. Social/Emotional Intelligence and Midlife Resilience in Schoolboys with Low Tested Intelligence V. TREATMENT ISSUES Effectiveness of Non-residential Specialty Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents in the "Real World" 22. Early Intervention Programs for Children with Autism: Conceptual Frameworks for Implementation 23. Treatment for Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents 24. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in Children and Adolescents 25. AHA Scientific Statement: Cardiovascular Monitoring of Children and Adolescents Receiving Psychotropic Drugs VI SOCIETAL ISSUES: VIOLENCE AND VICTIMIZATION Twenty Years' Research on Peer Victimization and Psychosocial Maladjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review of Cross-Sectional Studies 27. Charting the Relationship Trajectories of Aggressive, Withdrawn, and Aggressive/Withdrawn Children During Early Grade School 8. Violent Behavior in Children and Youth: Preventive Intervention from a Psychiatric Perspective 29. Agents of Change: Pathways through which Mentoring Relationships Influence Adolescents' Academic Adjustment 30. Initial Impact of the Fast Track Prevention Trail for Conduct Problems: II. Classroom Effects