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Learning Objectives

Chapter 1

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• How psychological disorders are defined and identified
• Prevalence of psychological disorders
• The relationship between developmental level and psychological disorders
• The relationship between gender and psychological disorders
• Historical influences on understanding psychological disorders
• Current study and practice of abnormal child and adolescent psychology

Chapter 2

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Paradigms, theories, and models in the study of psychopathology
• The developmental psychopathology perspective
• The concept of development
• How causation is variously conceptualized
• Pathways of development
• Aspects of risk, vulnerability, and resilience
• Continuity and change in psychological disorders
• Examples of how normal and abnormal development go hand in hand

Chapter 3

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Brain and nervous system development, structure, and function
• Pre-, peri-, and postnatal risks to the nervous system
• The genetic context of development, including genetic research
• Basic learning/cognitive processes and their role in development
• An ecological model of sociocultural influences on development
• The family context of development, including maltreatment and divorce
• Influences of peers on development
• Community and societal contexts of development

Chapter 4

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• The aim of science and the roles of observation and measurement
• Reliability and validity of research results
• The case study, correlational methods, the experiment, and single-subject designs
• Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and accelerated longitudinal designs
• Qualitative research
• Ethical issues in research

Chapter 5

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Processes of classification and diagnosis
• DSM and empirical approaches to classifying psychological problems of youth
• How assessment is conducted and various approaches to assessment
• Various approaches to prevention of problems of youth
• Various modes and strategies of treatment for problems of youth

Chapter 6

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Internalizing disorders
• How anxiety, fears, and worries are defined and experienced and how anxiety disorders are classified
• Features of each of the different anxiety disorders
• The epidemiology and developmental course of the different anxiety disorders
• Biological and psychosocial influences related to the development of anxiety disorders
• Assessment strategies for a youth presenting with anxiety
• Psychological and pharmacological treatments and prevention of anxiety disorders

Chapter 7

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• How depression has been conceptualized, defined, 
and classified
• The epidemiology and developmental course of depression
• Biological and psychosocial influences on the development of depression
• Assessment of depression
• Approaches to treating and preventing depression
• Mania and the classification of bipolar disorder in youths
• The epidemiology, developmental course, and etiology of bipolar disorder
• Treatment of bipolar disorder
• Suicidal behavior, suicidal risk, and suicide prevention

Chapter 8

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Various ways externalizing behaviors/conduct problems are described and classified
• Features of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
• The epidemiology of conduct problems
• Approaches to understanding the developmental course of conduct problems
• Psychosocial and biological influences on the development of conduct problems
• Substance use in youths, its epidemiology, etiology, and developmental course
• Assessment strategies for youths with conduct problems
• Approaches to treating and preventing conduct problems

Chapter 9

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Evolving ideas about ADHD
• Classification and diagnosis of ADHD, including subtypes
• Features of ADHD and ¬
co-occurring disorders
• The epidemiology and developmental course of ADHD
• Neuropsychological theories of ADHD
• Neurobiological abnormalities of ADHD
• Etiology and a developmental schema of ADHD
• Assessment and intervention for ADHD

Chapter 10

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Historical definitions of language and learning disabilities
• Normal language development and language disabilities
• Specific disabilities of reading, writing, and mathematics
• Social and motivational problems concerning language and learning disabilities
• Brain abnormalities in language and learning disabilities
• Etiology of language and learning disabilities
• Assessment and intervention for language and learning disabilities
• Educational services

Chapter 11

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• AAIDD and DSM conceptualizations and classifications of ID
• The nature and measurement of intelligence and adaptive behavior
• Disabilities, characteristics, and co-occurring problems of youths with ID
• The epidemiology and developmental course of ID
• Organic, multigenic, psychosocial, and multifactor etiology
• Down, Fragile X, Williams, and Prader-Willi syndromes
• Family accommodations and experiences
• Assessment of intelligence and adaptive behavior
• Approaches to prevention and intervention

Chapter 12

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• The historical association of schizophrenia and other pervasive disorders of youth
• Classification, diagnosis, description, and other aspects of autism
• Etiology of autism
• Other autism spectrum disorders and pervasive developmental disorders
• Assessment and intervention for autism spectrum disorder
• Classification, diagnosis, description, and other aspects of schizophrenia
• Etiology of schizophrenia
• Assessment and intervention for schizophrenia

Chapter 13

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Classification of the elimination disorders of enuresis and encopresis
• Etiology of elimination disorders and their treatment
• Common sleep problems and the description and classification of sleep disorders
• Treatment of sleep problems
• Early feeding and eating problems and disorders
• Influences on the development of and interventions for obesity
• The definition and classification of eating disorders
• The epidemiology and developmental course of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
• Biological, psychosocial, and cultural influences on the development of eating disorders
• Treatment and prevention of eating disordered behavior

Chapter 14

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• How the interface between psychology and medicine is conceptualized
• Psychological and family influences on the course of medical conditions such as asthma
• Psychological adjustment to chronic illnesses
• Challenges faced by youths and families in adapting to chronic illnesses such as cancer
• Psychological contributions to facilitating medical treatment
• Challenges in assisting a dying child and his or her family

Chapter 15

After reading this chapter, you should be able to discuss:

• Effects of nonparental care and self-care on children
• Facts and issues regarding adoption and foster care
• Specific needs for better mental health services for youth
• Efforts to provide mental health services for youth
• Specific adversities experienced by children in developing countries