Frontiers of developmental psychopathology (Oxford University Press, 1996)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contributors; I: Psychobiological Models in Developmental Psychopathology; 1. Heritable Variability and Variable Heritability in Developmental Psychopathology; 2. A Model of Neurobiology-Environment Interaction in Developmental Psychopathology; II: Developmental Models of Complex Psychopathologies; 3. Some Characteristics of a Developmental Theory for Early Onset Delinquency; 4. Markers, Developmental Processes, and Schizophrenia; 5. Developmental Psychopathology in the Context of Adolescence; 6. Behavioral Research in Childhood Autism; III: Developmental Psychopathology
In the last 15 years, the field of developmental psychopathology has made enormous strides in uncovering the mechanisms and processes underlying the emergence of mental illness and dysfunction. Interdisciplinary in nature, the field has engaged the efforts of scientists with orientations ranging from developmental psychology to psychobiology. In Frontiers of Developmental Psychopathology, the editors have brought together some of the field's most respected researchers--including Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Barbara A. Cornblatt, Richard A. Depue, and Marian Sigman--to discuss the latest research and to