Developmental psychopathology involves the study and prediction of maladaptive
behaviors and processes across time. This new edition of the Handbook furthers
the goal of integrating developmental processes into the search for adequate
categorical systems for understanding child mental health problems and the
trajectories that lead to adult psychopathology. The editors respond to
contemporary challenges to place individual behavior in a biological and social
context. By including a range of approaches, this volume encompasses the
complexity of the growing developmental literature. At the same time, it
includes the most recent efforts to produce concise child diagnostic categories.
In a thoroughgoing revision of the first edition of this classic text