Disorders of Childhood

Robin Hornik Parritz, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of psychology at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Brandeis University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota. Over the course of her academic career, Dr. Parritz taught subjects such as disorders of childhood, abnormal psychology, theories of psychotherapy, psychology of emotion, and clinical psychology. She served as the chair of psychology and administrative head for the departments of biology, neuroscience, psychology, and public health and helped to develop the forensic psychology major and the online degree completion program for psychology. Michael Troy, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and the science director for mental health and neurodevelopmental services at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. He is also the site director for the Pediatric Innovation Initiative, coordinated through the Harvard Center for the Developing Child. He received his undergraduate degree from Lawrence University and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Troy's clinical and academic interests include diagnostic classification issues in developmental psychopathology, models of therapeutic assessment, psychological assessment of adolescents at risk for major psychopathology, and teaching child clinical psychology as part of hospital and community medical education programs.

• 1. Introduction.2. Models of Child Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment.3. Principles and Practices of Developmental Psychopathology.4. Classification, Assessment and Diagnosis, and Intervention.5. Disorders of Early Childhood.6. Intellectual Developmental Disorder and Learning Disorders.7. Autism Spectrum Disorder.8. Maltreatment, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.9. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.10. Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder. 11. Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Somatic Symptom Disorders.12. Mood Disorders and Suicidality. 13. Eating Disorders.14. Substance-Related Disorders Transition to Adult Disorders.Glossary.References.Name Index.Subject Index.